14 September 2007 | Portland Maine We have continued north to Salem & Rockport MA, through New Hampshire and into Maine. We stopped at Peak’s Island for the night (a great sunset) and then headed further north to Georgetown Island dodging what seamed like every one of the three million lobster traps in this state. […]
Marblehead, MA Over Labor Day weekend we arrived in Marblehead MA, corporate headquarters for Hylas Yachts and home to more than 2,000 sailing vessels. We enjoyed watching the Wednesday night sunset races from our harbor mooring, just off the start line. Nightfall Over Marblehead During our stay here we had visitors, Larry’s sister Kathi and […]
After leaving Newport we sailed up Buzzards Bay to Hadley Harbor. We spent the night at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute dock, meet some great people and saw the sailor’s camaraderie in action. We decided to skip Martha Vineyard and Nantucket for now, as it was Labor Day weekend and would likely be too crowded. […]
Newport, RI We stopped in Newport RI for some quick repairs and to see the old home of the America’s Cup. It is great to be around sailboats and sailors. NY is more motorboats. While in Newport we went to the Museum of Yachting and Fort Adams. After 4 days all the repairs were complete […]
Block Island, RI We traveled up the Long Island Sound, visiting friends and quaint harbors. The weather was out of the North East bringing a chill to the air and rough conditions, so we spent a couple of days in Port Washington and Port Jefferson (NY). Had a great sail to Block Island. This place […]
New York, New York After a couple days in a quite anchorage at the entrance to the NY/NJ harbor, we sailed into the upper New York bay, past the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island this morning to a marina across from Manhattan. This is a busy place. Our commercial vessel tracking system (AIS) showed […]
Some things don’t change. Before departing for our long sail to New York, we had a wonderful dinner at Still Pond, Delaware. The menu was indicative our past experiences: 1997 Rosemount Mt. Blue Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon (from our time in OZ)Tri-tip steak (from living in California’s central coast)Tomato, Feta and Basil salad (from good friends in […]
After a long hot day sail we reached St Michael’s, a quite and charming little town in Maryland. We plan to spend a few days here finishing up projects that didn’t get completed before we left and then we will head off to New York City.
Chesapeake Bay, VA We stopped for the night in Mill Creek off of the Great Wicomico River for our first night. This turned out to be a great anchorage and we had a very restful night. Then off at first light to St. Michaels.
Well, leaving Charlotte and moving aboard proved more challenging than planned. It is hard to leave good friends and a great house at the lake, but we did it. We arrived in Hampton with a car full of stuff and immediately proceeded to go to shopping to buy the rest of the things we needed […]
