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September 26 – October 2: New York
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…
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September 23 – 25: Setting Off
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…
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Maine Cruise 2025
We were finally ready to go cruising! Every year we say we are just going to go wherever the wind takes us, but it never seems to end up that way as we plan to meet up with family and friends. We tried to be prepared in plenty of time but ended up just throwing…
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Firing up the Blog again: Summer 2025
Testing…. testing…. check check check….. It’s been a while since I last posted on this blog but I’m hoping to use it again as we set off on new adventures. It feels a bit rusty! Also I feel rather self-conscious as I realize that people actually are reading it! So, please let me know what…
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August 11 – 14: Heading home via Maple Juice Cove, Robinhood Cove and Potts Harbor
Time to go home. We headed west and broke the trip into 3 days. Our strategy for cruising Maine is to get East as quickly as possible and then visit some of the places we by-passed on the way home. This gets us further west and gives us a better angle on the prevailing southwest…
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August 8 – 11: Holbrook Harbor, Castine and Camp Island
We motored up towards Castine in a near gale, with southerly winds gusting up into the low thirties. Leaving Islesboro to starboard, we were in relatively flat seas, and our brave little dinghy suffered no harm. Nevertheless, the only other boats we saw on the move were windjammers and an Outward Bound boat full of…
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August 6-8: Sailing with friends – Hells Half Acre, and Long Cove, Hurricane Sound
We woke to a beautiful sunny morning in Pulpit Harbor. After a quick provisioning trip ashore, we left for Merchant Row. For once, conditions were perfect for sailing, so long as we weren’t in a hurry! We had a pleasant trip over and anchored at Hell’s Half Acre. In the morning the tide was low…
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August 3 – 5: Sailing with friends – Seal Bay, Perry Creek and Pulpit Harbor
Friends Sue and Denny, who we met on the Salty Dawg Rally, joined us in Camden. We headed over to Seal Bay to ride out a stormy night. Next morning was still rainy and we didn’t go far: we stopped in Perry Creek initially as a lunch stop, then decided to stay the night. The…
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August 1 and 2: McGlathery Island to Camden
We moved over to McGlathery Island in Merchant Row and anchored for the night. I followed a pretty path through the woods across the island. On the other side, I met some people who told me it’s possible to walk all the way around the island – so I did. Definitely not one of my…
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July 31: Frenchboro, Long Island
Frenchboro is one of those special places – it’s remote, tiny, hard to get into, and has a great lobster shack that was sadly closed last year. This year we hit it perfectly! We came in on a lovely sunny afternoon and picked up a visitor mooring just outside the main mooring field. We think…
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