Category: Underway

Sea Dog Tails

Hello sailors! Marlon here with a little update from Aleta. It’s been all of eight weeks now and I have to say this sailing life really has its ups and downs. There’s a saying Coco told me. Coco was one …

Wonders in the Deep

Position: 43°21’49.3″N 68°01’52.6″W They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. – King James Bible, Psalm 107: 23-24 Twenty four …

Mahone Bay

Position: 44°31’49″N 64°14’04″W Dotted with islands and snug anchorages, Mahone Bay is Halifax’s sailing playground. A typical beginner’s tour starts with Chester and ends in Lunenburg with stops along the way. CHESTER Chester lies at the top of the bay …

Isles of Shoals

Position: 42° 58′ 40″N 70° 36′ 48″W There’s not much we can add to Wikipedia’s entry on the Isles of Shoals, except that Aleta looks very fetching against the rugged rock of Gosport Harbor with its bright red house on …

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. …

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 …