Getting ready in fits and starts

So much left to do. Right now I’m concentrating on putting the ditch bag together. Tomorrow I need to hunt down a solar phone charger and supplies to make a water still (to distill seawater intoLæs mere
Getting ready

Modern hardtack. (With brown sugar, almonds, and ginger added)
If not one thing, its another...

Does this look like a boat ready to launch? We are waiting for the solar panels and new multifunction display (MFD)(like GPS) to be installed. It was supposed to be done by last Saturday!!!!
Have patience.

The solar panels are installed, and the new MFD is installed. We started loading to boat tonight but I can’t put anything away because it’s all still a mess! We will clean it up in the morning,Læs mere
Set sail

We set sail this morning. It’s hot, with little breeze, so only motoring now. We decided to leave today because the thunderstorm threat for today was revised, and are supposed to be only tomorrow.Læs mere
Under sail

Put the sails up; 9 knots, making 3.5 knots. We are towing the dinghy, so that slows us down a little.
Going 5.2 knots

Missed the storm!!

The thunderstorms are now behind us. That’s Boston under the rain clouds!
Safe in Marblehead Harbor

Made landfall ahead of the 2nd storm coming our way😊
Marblehead

David and I had dinner with David’s former colleague, Don, and his wife Noelle. They gave us the rundown on all the good spots to stop in on the Maine coast!!
Leaving Marblehead

These are pictures that Noell Henrich took of us as we were leaving Marblehead. She and Don gave us some vital trip information as well as a stash of terrific coffee!!!
Sprinkling

Starting to rain!! Good thing we left the bimini up!! Still warm though.
Rockport MA

Made it to Rockport. We were able to sail for an hour or so this morning in 10-13kn winds, before the wind died to nothing and we moored instead. The rain started, and gradually became more windy, upLæs mere
Destination: Rockport

Heading to Rockport,MA today. We left Marblehead around 10 am but it’s not tracking us for some reason.
Signs from Rockport

Portsmouth

Arrived at Little Harbor, Wentworth Marina, just S of Portsmouth Harbor.
Wentworth By the Sea

No wind today, so we had to motor all the way up from Rockport. Leaving that “dock” (more like a pier) was almost as harrowing as it was coming in, but we did it with no mishaps.
We made it inLæs mere
No, we are not making several round trip

Apparently when I was trying to add pictures for earlier dates it counts it as a trip back to that location. I turned off that feature, so now when I post pictures from a place after we had left, itLæs mere
USS Albacore

Since we stayed an extra day in Portsmouth, David and I went to (West Marine for an unfruitful trip 😤 and happened upon) the USS Albacore, one of the first experimental torpedo shapes of USLæs mere
Leaving Wentworth/Portsmouth

Let’s hope it is cooler on the water. It was in the 90s here, very humid. Happy birthday, Brian! And happy birthday, Amber!!
Arrived Wood Isl. Harbor, Biddeford, ME

The Day's Happenings

We had a great sail today. We set off around 10, on the motor, but around noon the wind came up (eventually to 13-14kn) We sailed along with the motor for a while (we can keep up our speed (6kn)Læs mere
Tomorrow: Portland, ME

Leaving Biddeford, to Portland

Like a Starbuck's on every corner ...

. . . there‘s a lobster pot every 3 feet.