The longer we cruise the shorter our days become. A 30-40 mile day is typical. 60 miles is considered a long day.We left Morehead City, NC for a 72 mile offshore hop to Masonboro Inlet where we planned to anchor. Unfortunately, for reasons too sensitiv…
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Don’t Leave Us!
Every time we leave Dylan and Dee Dee on the boat and go somewhere we get “the look.” If you have a dog you know exactly what I mean. That “this is worse than being beaten and starved and thrown off a train” look. How could you leave me? What could pos…
A Monster and I Can Prove it
We often call the little whirlwind that is our Dee Dee, a monster. I know that those who see her beautiful face doubt me but I have irrefutable proof.When we first picked up our little girl I noticed that she had two unusual swirls of fur on either sid…
Crossing Our Wake
One question that is frequently asked when you are undertaking the US Great Circle Loop is, “Where do you cross your wake?” For us it wasn’t a simple answer. We have been traveling the US east coast and the Bahamas for over 10 years, so technically, wh…
Shakedown!
We’ve had several days on the Chesapeake to do a shakedown of the boat and crew. Both are functioning well.There was a beautiful day cruise to Salt Pond Marina where the crew performed a perfect docking going in and behind the fuel dock. It was even ca…
Bath Time!
Before we headed out to officially begin cruising this season, I decided to give the crew a bath. It never ceases to amaze me how dogs that love the water so much hate having a bath. As usual, Dylan gives in right away and makes the process fairl…
Homeless Again!
It was a busy and stressful week for the kids. Well, stressful for them means that occasionally their daytime naps were interrupted. After a week onboard, they were booted once again out of their home while aCappella was hauled, bottom painted, and rec…
Not If, But When…
There are events that happen with dogs to create a situation you know isn’t going to be pretty. Such an event happened at our La Quinta hotel stay last week when we were heading back to the boat. Any guesses about which dog?This was little Dee De…
Short Timers
The crew has been very busy helping clean out the house and have hardly noticed that the summer has flown past. None of us can believe that we are down to days before we move back onboard. There’s one more run to the dump, a carload of books to take to…
Our Old House
We’ve had several of you write us wondering about the history of our house in Maine. It is an interesting house – at least we think so. The house is somewhere around 175 years old – there are several different dates “on record” about when it was built….
