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Category: James’ Blog

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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…on the Prodj

October 19, 2020 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

It’s the only work worth doing! When I (James) posed that hypothesis to a woman on the docks in East Hampton, New York, she laughed at me and replied, “Motherhood[…]

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Downeast Treat

August 14, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

One of the best things about being a reader of bloggy things is you don’t have to live through the doldrums! We motored from the Isles of Shoals in New[…]

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Capes and Isles

August 12, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Rounding Cape Ann has never been simple. This time, it was fog. A thick mess had us sitting tight until it lightened to about a quarter-mile visibility. We didn’t have[…]

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A Mass Bay

August 11, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

Back in truly familiar waters, the sail from Onset to Plymouth totally rocked. With the usual on-again-off-again sailing through the Bay we blazed in under main alone, you know, like[…]

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A Good Hurricane

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

…Is one that doesn’t break anything, doesn’t kill anyone, and doesn’t drag our anchor. Isaias, for us, was one such hurricane. We perceived the danger early enough in the weather[…]

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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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A leap, with no faith

August 1, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Our volte-face in the Chesapeake was an awesome call. We went sailing and Deale, Maryland, was were we gunkholed, then bounced on to the Magothy River the following day to[…]

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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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Pointing to Holaga Snood

July 1, 2020 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Harness Creek was kind and gentle on everything but the dinghy. When we felt the bottom of the dink, it was furry and tenacious like a lime-green shag carpet, cir.[…]

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