Provincetown Harbor – Anchorage We spent the day exploring the eclectic little town of Provincetown. The town was originally an active fishing village dating back to the Pilgrims. In fact this is were the Pilgrims first landed in 1620. They stayed…
Archive | The Pearl RSS feed for this section
Aug. 15 – Provincetown, MA
Provincetown Harbor – AnchorageWhen we got up this morning we didn’t have a real plan for the day, but we decided be didn’t want sit in Boston Harbor feeling the effects of the ferries any longer…it was time to move on. According to our weather repor…
Aug. 14 – Boston, MA
Boston Waterboat Marina MooringToday we took our bikes ashore so we could see more of the Boston area. Our first stop was the USS Constitution at the Naval Shipyard in Georgetown. The USS Constitution was launched into the Boston Harbor on…
Aug. 13 – Boston, MA
Boston Waterboat Marina MooringWe had a pretty slow day today. We spent the morning catching up on a few things and then took the dinghy in and did a little more exploring. We wandered through Fanneuil Hall and Quincy Market, both have ser…
Aug. 12 – Boston, MA
Boston Waterboat Marina MooringIt was another beautiful day for cruising in the Atlantic, by lunch we were moored just off of Long Wharf staring at the skyline of Boston. It’s always a lot of fun to cruise into cities like this and see views we’ve seen…
Aug. 11 – Gloucester, MA
Gloucester Harbor – AnchorageWhat a perfect day to be on the water…we couldn’t have asked for a prettier day. We started it off by having fresh muffins and coffee at the Beach Pea Bakery, located just a short bike ride from the marina. Stan had a few…
Aug. 10 – Kittery, ME
Badger Island Marina EastWe woke to heavy fog that burned off quickly and left a beautiful day. Our plan today was to go all the way to Gloucester, MA but as cruising plans go…it wasn’t to be. Jewell Island is located in the outer edges Casco Bay, wh…
Aug. 9 – Jewell Island, ME
Jewell Island – AnchorageWell, today was our first complete rain out since we’ve been in Maine. We’ve had a little fog and even a little rain, but neither lasted all day and we were able to do something…not today. We sat on the boat watching it rain …
Aug. 8 – Jewell Island, ME
Jewell Island – AnchorageOur plan for the day was get up early and leave for Portsmouth. The Piscataqua River leading into Portsmouth is the second fastest-flowing river in the continental United States, with an out going tide it would be impossible to…
Aug. 7 – Jewell Island, ME
Jewell Island – AnchorageWe spent a quiet slow morning enjoying our beautiful view in the anchorage. We decided to go back to Jewell Island to position ourselves for leaving Maine and going back to Massachusetts on Thursday…weather permitting. It was…
