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Category: Dena’s Blog Posts

Underway in a big way

November 15, 2017 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

Being underway doesn’t get real until you see this! …Absolutely no land in sight. Okay, okay you’re never really out of sight of land in the Chesapeake Bay except for[…]

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12th Haul Out

September 13, 2017 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

…And here we are again in another place altogether doing a thing we know how to do. The big job this time around is the bottom. Wait…that’s always the big[…]

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Living in a place

August 29, 2017 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Every time we start living in a place, our local adventures turn into past ghosts almost immediately. Riding the bike in traffic, hiking across the apartment complex and foraging for[…]

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Sailing; the reason why

June 28, 2017 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…Of course, like all good sailing adventure stories, it has to start out with a project! Right after we got back from India, on our first trip back into Bacon[…]

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A Great Circle

April 16, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We sailed a great circle over the last week. Not in the traditional sense of navigating along the shortest path, but in the equinoctial Chesapeake sailor’s way. And we looked[…]

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Home again, home again…

March 30, 2017 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We have definitely arrived! Our crew here in the MRE dressed our boat up like an Easter doll for us! The guys at Coastal and Bacon, and our very own[…]

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2 Days at Mahabs

March 17, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India, James' Blog

What should we do for James’s birthday? The shopping area can’t hold our attention for long. I know… More stuff to haul 12,000 km… Hmm, the lighter, the better. How[…]

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Meenakshi Amman Temple

March 14, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India, James' Blog

If you’re thinking what I was thinking, yes! Meen as in meen kappa (fish curry with boiled tapioca/coconut/tumeric), but in this case, Meenakshi as in fish eyed, an old-fashioned compliment[…]

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Madurai Mad

March 14, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India, James' Blog

We arrived in Madurai at nearly midnight, after an emergency dental tightening and a long train ride. First thing, right after we left the train station proper, a young man[…]

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Attukal Pongal

March 14, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India

I was riding my bike not long after 8 in the morning on the 11th, heading into town for Attukal Pongal. When an event is the record holder for the[…]

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