Nantucket
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…
Cape Cod
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…
Martha’s Vineyard
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…
Off Again
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…
We Ran Aground
June 7, 2019 We ran aground! And I’m SO GLAD. Why am I so happy about the fact that the four layers of expensive bottom paint are literally being sanded off while I write this? Because I have heard about…
Mother’s Day
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…
Saturday Work
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…
Fun Rain or Shine
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…
Around Manhattan Again
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…
Winter Projects
It was a busy winter. We had a long list of things we wanted to get done on the boat while she was out of the water. Task one was to deal with the barnacle growth, which was extensive. I…
Getting Ready for a New Season
We magically turned Monday into a second Sunday last weekend and now Gerty is ready for her fourth and final coat of antifouling paint. After spending many winter weekends flat on his back scraping barnacles off her belly, Michael wants…
Okefenokee
Like the teacher that states with conviction on the first day of school, “There is no stupid question.” and really means it, Michael and I delight in answering questions about our sailing life. Granted at this early stage, we are…