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











































