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…
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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….
Zoom!
Dyna was our speed demon. She loved going fast and loved having her face in the wind. She also had no fear although she put my heart in my throat on more than one occasion. Here in Maine we have a small Boston Whaler that we use to tootle in the harbor…
Amazing Crate!
Dee Dee has slowly adjusted to life onshore here on Maine. To her life on land can be summed up with one word – More. There’s more rooms and more space in the rooms. There’s more stairs and more places to go by stairs. There’s more grass in her backy…
Dylan & Dee Dee Homeless?
It’s true. It’s been a busy week. But now after living in Castine, Maine for almost 21 years, we’ve put our house on the market and are planning to live on the boat full-time.We’ve started the process of getting rid of everything we’ve collected over 2…
