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Sovereign Nations

Around the World in 80 Years…Maybe

  • Dena
  • James
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  • S/V S.N. Cetacea
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Sovereign Nations

Author: Dena

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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Splashing SVSN Cetacea

April 2, 2020 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Her first haulout was a long one – out last September and in at the beginning of April. It really was the same thing in reverse. The guy who did[…]

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Homes of the Decade Past

December 31, 2019 Dena India 2019/20, Life Under Sail

Baltimore, Maryland Essex, Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) Edgewater, Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) Underway Yarmouth, Maine Portland, Maine South Portland, Maine Underway Groton, Connecticut Noank, Connecticut New London, Connecticut Underway Jersey City, New[…]

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Avanti

August 18, 2019 Dena Life Under Sail

It’s old home week for this crew. Some old posts are linked multiple times because we tend to do catch-up posts…yeah, kinda like we’re doing here. From Hamburg Cove to[…]

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