SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

We came into Hampton on Sunday afternoon and took a slip at Hampton Yacht Club. This is a great spot – they have an active racing program, as well as lots of slips for their members. They were extremely welcoming and we’ve been able to use their dining room and bar, which always seems to

Read more

We left the Annapolis area with a favorable wind and were able to sail south towards Solomons Island. Ironically we’d been driving and walking back and forth along Solomons Island Road for the past week, and 40 miles further south we were still on the same road. For anyone nitpicky, yes, that’s correct, there is

Read more

We spent a little more than a week in the Annapolis area, going to the Boat Show, connecting with other cruisers and getting some projects done. Due to the number of boats around, and limited places with deep enough water for us, we took a slip at Liberty Marina on the South River. One night

Read more

After some strong winds, conditions were good for a passage down to the Chesapeake. Jeremy worked out that we would hit Delaware Bay with a favorable tide if we left New York around 10 am, which conveniently was max ebb from NY harbor, so that’s what we did. It was spectacular working our way out

Read more

Leaving Newport on a drier but still blustery day, we headed for Fishers Island at the entrance to Long Island Sound. There were uncomfortable swells but there was enough wind at a reasonable angle to motor sail, giving us some stability. We caught favorable current at the start of the race (I hadn’t realized how

Read more

After a quick trip to Europe (because we needed to make life more complicated) we were finally ready to leave on September 23rd. It was a sunny day to leave and we had a loud send-off from friends at Fort Sewell! Our log read 14070 nautical miles. What will it read when Persephone comes back

Read more