The last post ended with an epic walk for groceries and suchlike. It was about 5 miles, not counting the up-and-down-the-aisles part. Then we wanted to go to the USS[…]
Read moreMonth: June 2012
‘Ol New London…
Dena jumped over me at 0445 and that’s weird. No, I mean she was up before me at 4:45 in the morning and that’s weird, or rather not the norm,[…]
Read moreHamburg Cove
When last we spoke, we were irritated by a bay full of mooring balls. Our solid anchor job improved our mood and we decided to take a day for stick-around[…]
Read moreAnother crime of capitalism…
I (James) finished the engine just outside the Norwalk entrance channel on a heading of 100 East for Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY with two reefs in the main and[…]
Read moreReady to Splash
We’re drinking coffee, relaxed but excited that we’ll be underway again soon. This haulout has gone pretty damn well, considering we went into it without planning ahead. The insurance adjuster[…]
Read more…A beautiful sail.
On the 10th, we set off from our anchorage at Liberty Park. And yes, we had a quintessential NY scene. We left NYC via the East River, getting a nice[…]
Read moreA means to an end…
We’d dealt with the crazy dock hand, the rickety piece-of-shit dock, the boat next to us that somehow hit our boat while we were off in the city being very[…]
Read moreAirlock Sex and the Space Shuttle
My reading was Wednesday night. I’m only now writing about this because yesterday was a complicated bummer and I want to get across my real experience of that evening, without[…]
Read moreAground at the Dock in Lincoln Harbor
We’ve already said we think this marina, Lincoln Harbor, is the worst built thing ever, but now we know it is also being run by thoughtless people. We came around[…]
Read moreBrooklyn’s a Bust
We left Sandy Point before 8am, heading for the big city. The trip was exciting, partly because it was uneventful. Here’s a major moment of glee: I really like the[…]
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