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October 24 – 31: Getting ready in Hampton, VA
We came into Hampton on October 24 to meet up with the Salty Dawg Rally. What nice people! It will be easy to make friends and we are looking forward to seeing people over the winter as we travel around the islands. The past week has been spent doing last minute jobs, provisioning and generally…
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October 20 – 23: Working our way South
We left Annapolis on a chilly morning and headed back across the bay to St Michaels. We sailed under jib only with light winds behind us, which steadily built to about 22 knots. The trouble with cruising up rivers is that at some point you end up turning through at least 180 degrees, so once…
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October 12 – 18: South River, Annapolis
After the Chester River, we moved over to the Western Shore of Maryland. As it was a Saturday, there were plenty of boats out racing off Annapolis, including J-35 Aunt Jean, which we raced against more than 25 years ago! We found a lovely anchorage in Harness Creek off South River. When we woke up…
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October 1 – 7: Sassafras River to Chester River, Maryland
We ended up spending five nights in Georgetown on the Sassafras River. Strong winds and rain triggered by Hurricane Ian parked nearby and we huddled on the boat trying to keep warm. I’m sorry not to have seen the Sassafras River in good weather as I’m sure it’s lovely, but at least it made a…
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September 28-30: Block Island RI to Sassafras River MD
Thank you to those who have been checking on us — we are safe! Our Iridium tracking through PredictWind went out on Thursday morning, and as we were out of MarineTraffic range, it looked like we had disappeared. We should be showing up again now. We left Block Island at first light on the 28th…
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September 25 – 27: Hopping down the New England Coast
Strong winds and chilly days seem to have set in! Also Hurricane Ian is playing havoc with the forecast, with promising weather windows appearing in the forecast and then disappearing almost as quickly! We have been coastal hopping to position ourselves to be ready to make the passage to Delaware Bay whenever it looks feasible.…
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September 24: Ready to leave Marblehead
After a cool and blustery couple of days, the wind has dropped and we are finally ready to leave Marblehead. The boat may be sitting a little lower on its lines after endless trips out to load provisions, clothes and gear! We are monitoring hurricane forecasts and hoping for a good window in the next…
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August 10-11: Provincetown
We took a break from working on the boat to go down to Provincetown – always a fun trip even if this one was much too short! Hat Tip to Amy Callahan for discovering Freeman’s Restaurant, which has only been open for 3 weeks and is such a well-kept secret that it doesn’t even have…
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July 19 – 22: Tenants Harbor, Harbor Island, Potts Harbor and Home
The 19th looked none-too-promising, and I put on a warm sweater and foul weather gear as we left Seal Bay. We were sad not to see it on a sunny day, as there is so much there to explore, but there’s always next year! We made our way through Fox Islands Thoroughfare and out to…
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July 17 – 19: Frenchboro, Swans Island and Seal Bay
After the cruise broke up, we had hoped to continue east with a goal of reaching lovely remote Roque Island. We were there two years ago and swore not to go back unless there was going to be good weather! However, with fog and strong Southwesterly winds in the forecast, we decided to start working…
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