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The Basin Preserve - Phippsburg, Maine — Heading North to Casco Bay I find that most things are far more enjoyable when you experience them within their own context and on their own terms, so I try to squash expectations as soon as I start to notice them forming. That said, my expectations for cruising Maine were […]

Casco Bay, Maine – Jewell Island, The Basin & Dolphin ...

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Whaleback Lighthouse — Portsmouth Harbor / Kittery Maine We had already decided that Portsmouth Harbor would be our next stop, so wee left Isles of Shoals and never looked back. Nearly out of food, we needed to re-provision, so we set our course and headed out. It was only about a two hour […]

Portsmouth Harbor – Can you say; Lobster Pots?

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Isles of Shoals — Rockport to Isles of Shoals The Isles of Shoals are a group of small rocky islands and tidal ledges about 7 miles off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of Maine and New Hampshire. Four of the nine Islands are in New Hampshire waters with the […]

Isles of Shoals, ME

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Motif Number 1 - Rockport — Provincetown to Rockport We’ve truly enjoyed our time here in Provincetown and our Florida emergency turned out better than we expected so it’s time to continue our voyage north! We’ve set our sights on Isles of Shoals, with a stop at either Gloucester, MA or Rockport, MA for a day […]

Rockport, MA – One step closer!

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Welcome to Provincetown! — Transiting the Cape Cod Canal The trip north to Provincetown, MA is always interesting. The first issue is timing the tides at the Cape Cod Canal – Canal regulations stipulate that: “Vessels of any kind unable to make a through transit of the land cut portion of the canal against […]

Provincetown, MA – Our Favorite Spot!

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Walking around Cuttyhunk, MA — Fishers Island, NY We’re on our way to Cuttyhunk, MA and I wish I could tell you how much we loved Fishers Island, but we just don’t. It’s a great place to stop to break up a longer passage, but as much as we had liked it during our first […]

Cuttyhunk – a must on your sailing bucket list!

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Andrew at the helm of Rocinante — Northport, NY One of our favorite anchorages is just off Centerport Beach in Northport Bay. We have a love hate relationship with this spot and it’s possibly for that very reason that it’s still considered “One of our favorite anchorages” Many, many moons ago, we lived in Northport for a […]

Friends & Family aboard Rocinante

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Atlantic Highlands Sunset — Atlantic Highlands, NJ It was a great trip from Atlantic City to the Atlantic Highlands. We had estimated approximately 16 hrs, but with good seas and a little luck, we made it in 14! Coming around the buoy from the Atlantic into Hudson Bay always poses a bit of a […]

Todo es un processo!

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Our anchorage in Atlantic City - What a view! — The plight of the fair weather sailor! Three days in Rock Hall, Maryland has turned into 3 weeks as we wait for a 4 day weather window to head north along the New Jersey coast. It has ben a very stormy start to summer with thunderstorms rolling through every bunch […]

The plight of the fair weather sailor!

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Swan Creek Marina Sunset — Lets see, where did we leave off? Ah, yes; “We’re going to Die! We’re going to Die! We’re going to Die!” We got Rocinante turned aound and headed towards Herrington Harbour South – sure enough, as we bounced around in the confused seas approaching the entrance channel, the engine quite […]

Swan Creek – Rock Hall, Maryland

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Steamed Maryland Crabs — St. Michaels, Maryland is a great little town on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay and most people that visit by boat do so from the north via the Miles River. But not us; nope, we choose to approach St. Michaels from the south via San Domingo Creek. Those […]

The back side of St. Michaels

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Anchored in San Domingo Creek — San Domingo Creek – St. Michael’s, MD We finally cast off the lines this morning – the saga of Rocinante the wonder boat continues! For the last few weeks, we’ve been checking off the final items on what seemed like a never ending list. New fire extinguishers; replacement flares; new […]

San Domingo Creek – St. Michael’s, MD

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