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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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July 14 – 17: Hell’s Half Acre and Mt Desert Island
We moved on to Hell’s Half Acre, which is one of our favorite anchorages, in a little slot between two tiny islands. It looks quite exposed at high tide, but at low tide you feel quite protected. After the fleet had cocktails on the beach, most people went back to their boats, but we stayed…
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Resourceful sailors #1
Last year, we got some scratches in the side of our boat, which the boatyard never got around to painting this spring. No problem – a little bit of nail polish in a similar color, and you can’t tell the difference from more than 2 feet away!
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July 11 – 13: North Haven, Vinalhaven and Brooklin
With strong winds forecast for the first two days of the cruise, our original itinerary was abandoned and boats dispersed. We picked up a mooring in North Haven, which is a small island community with a couple of gift stores and art galleries, a brew pub which was unfortunately closed the day we were there,…
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July 8-10: Passage from Marblehead to Maine
We left Marblehead soon after 5am on Friday July 8 on our way to Maine. The weather was clear with a good following wind – we have no idea how much wind there was since our wind instruments are currently not working! As we also needed to adjust the battens in our mainsail, we motor…
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Ready to go
Finally – the sails are on, gear and provisions are loaded, and we are ready to leave for Maine tomorrow. Thank you Hill Danforth for the photo!
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