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 …
Category: Underway
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?
Position: 47°51’16.5″N 119°07’45.9″W 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 and stopping in some of the …
Dispatches from the Basement
Position: WEST Coast Hazy Having committed to a nomadic lifestyle, we have been land-based for the past three weeks running errands and living off the largesse of friends and family alike. After arriving at Solomons, Maryland, we placed Aleta in …
All at Sea, Part 2
“…and what solitude is more complete, or more poetical, then that of a ship floating in isolation on the sea during the obscurity of the night, in the silence of immensity, and under the eye of heaven?” – Alexandre Dumas, …
All at Sea, Part 1
Position: 26°32’48.1″N 77°04’05.3″W With our newfound confidence in estimating the unpredictability of the weather and subtropical depression Alberto wreaking havoc in Florida, we decided that we better pad our schedule back to the United States by a few days. Tom, aka …
The Abacos or Bust
Position: 25°24’08.5″N 76°47’28.4″W Having successfully navigated our way through the narrows of Current Cut, we anchored off the island for a couple of days while we waited for the weather to settle. We dinghyed ashore and explored the little community …