Photos: Marblehead
Position: 42° 29’N 70° 51’W On our way north Carol was a bit under the weather and Tai wasn’t feeling the love of five-foot seas and 20 knot winds. So, we put into Marblehead, the home of sailing in Massachusetts. …
Category: Underway
Video: Cape Cod Canal
Position: 41°46’10.8″N 70°33’49.6″W A short video of our transit of the Cape Cod Canal. We woke early in the morning to catch the tide and the handy four knot current that would boost us on our way. There’s no big …
August Tales
Position: 41°12’47.4″N 72°39’18.9″W We’ve been making steady progress northwards. As you saw from our New York videos, we took a small, but entirely delectable, nibble out of the Big Apple. Sailing up the Narrows and under the Verrazano Bridge was …
Video: Leaving New York
Position: 40°46’45.3″N 73°55’37.9″W We left New York via the East River with some of the best views in the world. Proving once again that life on the water is worth a billion bucks! Aleta sailed through Hell Gate and encountered …
Video: Welcome to New York
We sailed up the Hudson after a rainy and windy transit off the Jersey shore. By the time we arrived the weather had cleared for a beautiful day and Marlon got very excited about getting back on land. We ended …
Making the Kessel Run in 11 Parsects
Position: 37°58’05.3″N 75°14’12.0″W Grey-blue crags ripple as filtered moonlight radiates through the clouds high above Aleta. Splashing water, a turbulent pool washes away behind me, broken by an occasional crash of shimmering sea spray from the bow. As far as …
The Wisdom of Solomons
Position: 38°19’42.6″N 76°27’31.7″W We found Aleta where we’d left her, at Zahniser’s Marina, in Solomons, Maryland. Our work order had largely been completed, and with few surprises and a hefty bill we were ready to leave the dock and carry …
Where is Everyone?
With 325 million-odd people (or 325 million odd people) in the United States, we’ve been wondering in the past couple of weeks where everyone is. Making our way across the country, stopping in some of the most famous natural landmarks …
