Getting ready in fits and starts
27 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 intoЧитать далее
Getting ready
29 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Modern hardtack. (With brown sugar, almonds, and ginger added)
If not one thing, its another...
31 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
Set sail
3 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Under sail
3 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Missed the storm!!
3 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The thunderstorms are now behind us. That’s Boston under the rain clouds!
Safe in Marblehead Harbor
3 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Made landfall ahead of the 2nd storm coming our way😊
Marblehead
3 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 августа 2018 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Starting to rain!! Good thing we left the bimini up!! Still warm though.
Rockport MA
4 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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, upЧитать далее
Destination: Rockport
4 августа 2018 г., 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 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
Portsmouth
5 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Arrived at Little Harbor, Wentworth Marina, just S of Portsmouth Harbor.
Wentworth By the Sea
5 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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 inЧитать далее
No, we are not making several round trip
6 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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, itЧитать далее
USS Albacore
6 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 USЧитать далее
Leaving Wentworth/Portsmouth
7 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
The Day's Happenings
8 августа 2018 г., 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)Читать далее
Tomorrow: Portland, ME
7 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Leaving Biddeford, to Portland
8 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Like a Starbuck's on every corner ...
8 августа 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
. . . there‘s a lobster pot every 3 feet.











































