Thank you for your time. Yesterday you ushered us out on wind as fast and swift as the night you took us in.  Only this time it was with sunshine and a steady 26 to 30 knots from the West,…

It seemed like a very good idea to quietly creep out of bed and paddle out into the fog that was lifting off the silky smooth ocean this morning. Until the water started breathing.  My mind immediately raced to the…

There is a visual tranquility here, but I wouldn’t describe the chorus of belching seals as melodious.  At first, they masqueraded as adorable creatures basking in the sun, but as the tide came up, and their designated napping rock got…

This morning we tore out of Banks Cove energized by the sun, the wind, and the current!  Then, after Michael poled out the jib with gusto, the wind petered out.  The doldrums got me to thinking, “I should write a…

We have run aground!  But we did it on purpose.  Yup, that’s right, we beached the boat this morning on Eagle Island using three anchors because Michael plans to adjust the J prop (propeller) pitch from #10 to #9.  The…

'Mud hole' is much, much nicer than it sounds.  It is the perfect anchorage if you want to hike in the Great Wass Island Nature Preserve and it’s only a short seven-mile walk to the nearest lobster roll stand in…

P-Town (Provincetown) was the perfect place to settle for three days while we prepared for our first overnight ocean passage as cruisers.  We hit the ‘everything’ store three times, the grocery store twice, the beach twice, the post office, and…

Happy Birthday Zachary!  It’s day two and we are off to a slow start.  The wind is nonexistent and the drum of the motor is dull.  The water is flat, and the light is dispersed into a sundrenched fog that…

Today we christened the oven!  Get your mind out of the gutter because we christened it by making and eating banana bread.  Honestly, the hardest part was getting all of the ingredients onto the boat.  So far, cooking is pretty…