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Our sailing adventures!

The now infamous bilge pump replacement! — August 1 – 31, 2005 Ok, so where did we leave off? Oh, that’s right, we finally made it to our idyllic cove. Talk about “water colored memories”… Not long after breakfast, the natives started their attack… jet skis screaming past us; fishing boats throwing up huge wakes as they […]

Destination – Penobscot Bay, Maine (Part 3)

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Finally... back in Our Cove! — August 1 – 31, 2005 Well, we finally left our slip and are on our way! All of the excitement of the last few days was now behind us as we headed down the Hudson towards Battery Park, around Manhattan, up the east river and across Long Island sound to […]

Destination – Penobscot Bay, Maine (Part 2)

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Buoy marking the approach to Cuttyhunk and the turn up Buzzards Bay — August 1 – 31, 2005 This was the big one; we would set sail for Maine’s Penobscot Bay August 1st and live aboard Rocinante for 30 days! The months of June and July were spent preparing (not really, but more or less). My messages on the various sailing and cruising […]

Destination – Penobscot Bay, Maine (Part 1)

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Smeaton's Tower - Plymouth England — Here you will find our growing collection of lighthouse photos. These were all taken by me while sailing and include a few lighthouses from various areas including the UK, Portugal (Azores) and a good portion of the USA’s East Coast. At the time, I wasn’t really thinking about posting, so […]

Our Lighthouse Collection

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Homes along the Hudson — May 29, 2003 Sailing North on the Hudson River was such a simple pleasure that it instantly reminded me of my favorite sailing quote: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats…” – Kenneth Grahame […]

Sailing North on the Hudson River

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May 17 – 19, 2003 “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it…” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Our story begins on a cold, damp, coastal Connecticut day in late Maywith me standing on the deck of our very own […]

Our Maiden Voyage – The madness begins!

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