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Around the World in 80 Years…Maybe

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Author: Dena

And then I was done

May 20, 2022 Dena Dena's Blog Posts

I worked this last 14 months. It wasn’t mostly fixing flat tires, but there was rather a lot of that. This very last flat of my North Shore commute was[…]

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The Six Town Ride

November 27, 2021 Dena Dena's Blog Posts

I’m so glad that James took care of the Beverly Port story. I was still wrapped up in getting our money back from them (first she said no refund, then[…]

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Loosening Ties

May 31, 2021 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Colloquial sayings stick around because they strike a chord, but the best of them work in multiple situations with multiple meanings. “Don’t shit where you eat” is a saying that’s[…]

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Realizing Color

November 30, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

James’s artistry has taught me (Dena, of course) so much about apprehending the beauty around me. He shows me the world through his photos, which also trains my eye to[…]

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The Wilds of Maine

August 28, 2020 Dena Life Under Sail

We spent just enough time in Bath to get the duties done (like buying coffee…not okay to run out) before taking off for the wilds of Maine. It’s not that[…]

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Our Lovebot!

August 8, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

S/V S.N. Cetacea used to have a pretty severe steering problem. The Monitor windvane, a self-steering system that uses wind angles and water pressure to turn the wheel and keep[…]

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The Turnaround

July 10, 2020 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

The sail from Holaga Snood off Kent Point to Solomons Island took, well, all day. We were heading downwind and couldn’t quite make straight for it because Cetacea doesn’t have[…]

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Trusting Ourselves

April 17, 2020 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

I (Dena) woke at four in the morning and spent an hour and a half pondering dread. It’s not an emotion I spend a lot of time with, but I’ve[…]

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Seth Thomas – It Works!

April 4, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We got this Seth Thomas striking watch-clock at Captain Jim’s Marine Salvage in Portland, Maine last year when we first made landfall there as a boat-warming present to ourselves. It[…]

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No Longer Pushing Rope

April 3, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Hands are sensory organs, and the difference to the hand between old and new lines is emotional, encouraging, adventurous. A soft handful of control, thick enough to grip and pull,[…]

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Attacking the wind charger
A rare nice morning in Lynn
Filling the future lag holes with epoxy
Drilling the aluminum
Drilling for the Seatiger 555
The cause of the flat
Dena's last North Shore flat
Dena in James's scally cap
Holes in the bowsprit...

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