It has been four days since we left the Annapolis boat show and we are anchored at Barnegat Light Harbor in New Jersey. Sadly, we just listened to SV Evening Light Mayday on Channel 16.  She ran aground at the…

October 1, 2017 will go down in history as the day that Jill was able to start the outboard motor on Dalorous the dinghy.  I am so pumped about this accomplishment!  You should have seen me tear it up!   Like…

Today was a day for sailing!  We were very happy to have the Dwyers (Alice, Steve and Mick) graciously meet us at the Rhode River Smithsonian Education Research Center for an excursion on Gerty. They were a hard working crew…

Last night there was a banging sound. It was loud and consistent, but only sounding about every 4 minutes.  We thought about ignoring it, but it was windy and we were worried.  We donned life jackets, head lamps, and jackets…

Wednesday morning we ran at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Then, we sailed about 20 nautical miles from Rhode River to Wye River. TWS 12-17 knots NNE. Our destination spot at N 38˚52.10’ W 76 10.45’ was simply beautiful, with…

So much has happened in the last forty-eight hours! I should be sleeping off the exhaustion, but if I don’t write down some of it, I know I will lie awake worrying about what I will forget! Technically, Gerty arrived…

Guernsey is a very beautiful, very hilly place to jog. On Wednesday we jogged through the town streets and today we took to the cliff trail. I thought of Zachary running cross country the whole way- he would have really…

We got ready to depart to Guernsey's St Peter's Port when the tide slackened. (Really love those granny bars. Turns out they have so many uses.) It was our best sail yet. The wind was out of NE at 14+ knots…

Yesterday we did not sail (except to move Gerty to a better mooring). But we dinghied! The dinghy’s name is officially “Dolorous.”  Joshua named her and she has a new anchor, chain, locks, etc to keep her safe. The skipper…

A water taxi charged us 2 pounds per person to take us to the dinghy dock in Alderney. I was flustered - 1. Because the taxi was crowded with sailors (all men) talking about their sails, 2. I thought 2…