We could see thunderheads in the distance to the southeast mid-sail between Marth’s Vineyard and Block Island. It felt a little silly to be taking precautions given that the sky was sunny and blue above our mast. We put up…

Paddle boarding on glassy water gives me vacation brain, but I will persevere in the mission to write this blog for friends and family who choose to read this stuff. Today we are in Tashmoo Lake, Martha’s Vineyard. We like…

After a morning "Turkey Trot" run on Martha's Vineyard... ...like a truly salty captain, Michael decides to take us where the wind wants to and this awesome decision leads us to the perfect sail from Tashmoo to Chatham with 14-18…

June 23 - 3 am wake up is not as bad as you would think when it is a beautiful day to sail. 10-15 knots W in smooth seas. Cue sunrise. Sailed wing on wing to Tashmoo Lake, Martha’s Vineyard…

We are excited! We took off two full weeks of work for our summer ‘cruise.’  The plan is to reach Nantucket and visit wherever the wind blows us more or less between Mamaroneck, New York and Nantucket, Massachusetts.  I had…

It’s a rainy Mother’s Day and I am thankful. I am thankful for my kids and my mother, and my mother in law and my step mother.  Also, I am thankful for my ‘mom friends’ who ride this roller coaster…

Note to self: work less, sail more. I arrive at Gerty late in the day after Saturday clinic, but what a day it is!  Light south wind, perfect for a sunset sail with our gennaker, nicknamed “Happy Sail.” I hang…

This weekend, the weather forecast was shitty, but it was clear early Friday evening that nothing was going to stop us from going for a sail.  I’m thankful for that cause I’m sitting in Cold Spring Harbor as I write…

On Saturday April 27th Gerty left her winter port in Peekskill, New York and headed towards Lady Liberty in route to Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck, New York, her ‘in season’ home. It was a crisp, sunny day with 20…