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Category: Dena’s Blog Posts

3,495 days later

September 30, 2018 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We bought (and moved aboard) Nomad on February 9, 2009. We bought (and moved aboard) Cetacea on September 5, 2018…three thousand four hundred and ninety five days later. Watching Nomad[…]

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A farewell to an old friend

September 18, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

In 2009, when we returned to the U.S. from our first adventures in India, we were dead set on getting back on the water in a sailing vessel that we[…]

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RI to ME

September 2, 2018 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

From Newport to, well, I think it was still Newport. Third Beach is on the other side of the island, though, and practically abandoned compared to Newport Harbor. And then[…]

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On the job

August 22, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We sailed off the hook from Dutch Harbor pretty hungry to devour the Western Narragansett one anchor-full at a time. It’s always so satisfying sailing off the anchor. It’s so[…]

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Into the Narragansett

August 2, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…The fogĀ  went away but, like a promise kept, it ultimately becomes a part of the background of life. That morning we rose salty (still, again) from our beds and[…]

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Where’s the Wind?

July 25, 2018 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

We don’t want or need to beat up our boat by sailing in gales, but the last few adventures we’ve had involved copious use of the infernalcombustion engine that resides[…]

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Off of the shore

July 24, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

The Chesapeake Bay was so kind…Thanks! We woke up on the boat at anchor in Chesapeake City, Maryland. We boiled water, we ground coffee by hand, we started our infernalcombustion[…]

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Retirement Day

June 28, 2018 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

A week ago today was Retirement Day. Again. And hooray! Unloading was the first order of business. James sold his bike via Craigslist, but mine didn’t get any serious bites.[…]

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With the weather

February 13, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

This we know… Slogging our way up the face of the continent, patiently waiting for our beloved southern breeze, but not too much or it could get intense and we[…]

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Everything is so dramatic, fuhhck!

January 31, 2018 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Standing in the dinghy looking at my (James’) frozen hands, trying to will them to work! …my hands wouldn’t work and I could feel the rest of me shutting down,[…]

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