Sunrise on Spa CreekSaturday, September 24, 2011On the ChesapeakeSouth of AnnapolisCruising is about meeting people. Oh, sure, it’s about blue seas and vast oceans and calm passages and great fishing and new places, but ultimately, it all com…
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One Stateroom
Sunrise in AnnapolisOnly One StateroomSeptember 15, 2011Annapolis, MDSpa CreekLast night might have brought a brush with hurricane MARIA, high winds and a chilly 60F in the cabin this morning, but the warmth of the last 10 days is far from fading away….
End of Summer
Maddie in Newport, RI
September 3, 2011Annapolis, MDSouth AnchorageHappy Labor Day weekend to all. Mixed feelings, I know. How can this be “happy” if we are heralding the end of summer? Indeed, we can feel it: the increase…
Irene Post-Script
August 30, 2011
Cape May, August, 30, 2011
Cape May, NJCoast Guard StationIs it possible that Hurricane Irene was upon us only 48 hours ago? We left New York City this morning and had the loveliest ride south, along the New Jersey coast. A…
Hudson Cruise
(More pix than usual, but this was a splendid ride!)August 29, 2011Liberty State Park anchorageNew JerseyThe Day After Irene0500 – JP nudges me, “Get up, there is no current right now, let’s weigh anchor!” We have an 11-hour passa…
IRENE On the Hudson
August 28, 2011Coxsackie Schodack Island25 miles S of Albany, NYToday was Irene Day. We weren’t sure what to expect, beside lots of rain and winds in the 30’s. Our anchor was well set, up-stream from all the other boats, which was a g…
IRENE 2
IRENE – Post 2August 27, 2011 – 163042°22.20 N 73°47.82 WSchodack Creek1615 – After 10 hours of cruising, anchorage to anchorage, and 111 NM up the Hudson, we found a quiet and secure anchorage behind Schodack Island (No, you French guys, …
IRENE 1
August 27, 2011IRENE – Time of impact minus 14 hoursHudson River41°21 N All seemed so normal last night in Manhattan and New York harbor. A splendid night, in fact, balmy and calm… the proverbial calm before the storm. On land and on t…
Cuttyhunk Island
August 18, 2011 Cuttyhunk Island41°25.71N – 070°55WHad we stayed one more day at Vineyard Haven we could have bumped into President Obama shopping at the legendary Bunch of Grapes bookstore. Instead, we hightailed it out of Martha’s Vine…
Martha’s Vineyard
Maddie in Vineyard Haven
August 16, 2011Vineyard Haven41°27.70N – 070 °5.16WOf all the destinations on the Eastern Seaboard, the one I was most looking forward to was Martha’s Vineyard. I don’t know why. The name, perhaps (Martha …
