Shake ’em on Down

Position: 38°41’35.4″N 76°10’29.8″W We woke to drizzle and dragged ourselves and the anchor up to face the day. About two hours after leaving Rhode River it turned out to be the venue of a drama far greater than we’d expected. …

The Adventure Begins

Position: 38°52’56″N 76°31’35″W As they say, the adventure begins when things go wrong. And wrong they went. After a week of figuring out how to make several of the punch list items work, Aleta (formerly: The Beguine) made her way …

We Bought a Boat!

Position: 38°57’47″N 76°28’42″W The reassuring whiplash of our Boeing’s tailhook grabbing the arresting wire at Baltimore Washington International jerked us awake. We had landed just in time for dinner and bed in the noisy airport Hilton. After a fitful night’s …

What would Buckaroo do?

Position: 38°58’46.9″N 76°29’37.2″W We’re not going all the way Down East, nor, like Buckaroo Banzai, are we crossing into the fourth dimension. But we are heading east to Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with a goal of viewing boats. …

What’s in a Name?

Naming So far we’ve narrowed it down to Selkie or Rainbow Gerbil – both of which meet some, if not all, of the criteria for naming boats. You see, I believe that boats, like brands, should be memorably named and …