Oh Canada, oh man, we love Canada. The (almost cool) app-and-phone-call clear-in from the Canadian Border Patrol was an unfamiliar and somewhat unsettling experience (who expects that kind of thing[…]
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Category: James’ Blog
17 Miles for a Bolt
This breaking bolts on an engine that’s 30 years old is getting nerve-wracking. How many more will break – and is it because this particular Yanmar is the ONE model[…]
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Way on down Downeast
We stayed in Somes Harbor for a good long time. Time enough to get choked out by three generators before finally getting the anchorage almost to ourselves…Cat-a-morons from Charleston with[…]
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Back in Somes Harbor
Way back in 2015 we broke the boat coming around the bottom of Mt. Desert Island at the Bass Harbor Bar. We came up on the bar hard and fast[…]
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Home, a ways away from home
We sailed to P-Town from Onset after setting a Cetacea Cape Cod Canal speed record of 11 knots. The sail from Sandwich to P-Town was beautiful and exciting and a[…]
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A way back…way back.
We stayed on Block Island for an (I [James]don’t give a fuck) amount of time and ultimately set our sights for that down-eastern reach we were just fantasizing about. We[…]
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Learning Curve
Sailing away from the City of Sin in the final week of May gave us our first clue as to the complex shape of our learning curve. We were later[…]
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Pointing us!
Sailing, that’s what we’re doing! Without touching the wheel! She was driving herself, but she was sluggish. We both knew this boat could perform better but it just wasn’t happening.[…]
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What?!
We showed up at 0630 on day three and dove into the project like a couple of giddy school kids. In our recap of the mast project the night before[…]
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Mast unstepped
On Monday, nice and early, we pulled into the empty slip almost directly in front of the crane. A salty long-haired guy caught the bow line and somehow managed to[…]
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