Getting ready in fits and starts
27 juillet 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
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 intoEn savoir plus
Getting ready
29 juillet 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Modern hardtack. (With brown sugar, almonds, and ginger added)
If not one thing, its another...
31 juillet 2018, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
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.
2 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
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,En savoir plus
Set sail
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
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.En savoir plus
Under sail
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
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
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Missed the storm!!
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The thunderstorms are now behind us. That’s Boston under the rain clouds!
Safe in Marblehead Harbor
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Made landfall ahead of the 2nd storm coming our way😊
Marblehead
3 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
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
4 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
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
4 août 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Starting to rain!! Good thing we left the bimini up!! Still warm though.
Rockport MA
4 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
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, upEn savoir plus
Destination: Rockport
4 août 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
Heading to Rockport,MA today. We left Marblehead around 10 am but it’s not tracking us for some reason.
Signs from Rockport
4 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
Portsmouth
5 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Arrived at Little Harbor, Wentworth Marina, just S of Portsmouth Harbor.
Wentworth By the Sea
5 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
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 inEn savoir plus
No, we are not making several round trip
6 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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, itEn savoir plus
USS Albacore
6 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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 USEn savoir plus
Leaving Wentworth/Portsmouth
7 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
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
7 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
The Day's Happenings
8 août 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
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)En savoir plus
Tomorrow: Portland, ME
7 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Leaving Biddeford, to Portland
8 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Like a Starbuck's on every corner ...
8 août 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
. . . there‘s a lobster pot every 3 feet.











































