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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Category: Dena’s Blog Posts
A farewell to an old friend
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
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
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
…The fog 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?
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
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
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
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!
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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