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Category: James’ Blog

Seth Thomas – It Works!

April 4, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We got this Seth Thomas striking watch-clock at Captain Jim’s Marine Salvage in Portland, Maine last year when we first made landfall there as a boat-warming present to ourselves. It[…]

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March 31, 2020 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Sometimes our world changes so fast! We left India when Wuhan was a whisper, we left Sallisaw as the coronavirus was an interesting topic and we returned to Covid-19. Oklahoma[…]

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Birthdays

March 19, 2020 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

When I was in my 30’s I figured that when I made it past my fifth decade I would give up on celebrating the day of my birth. I was[…]

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This road is not the Sea

February 24, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…And this stupid infernal combustion plastic destroyer can’t possibly be a sailboat, but, wow, this country is freaking huge! Drivetime is the place you go in your head when the[…]

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Spies on Bikes

February 4, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, India 2019/20, James' Blog

This is our last day in India in 2020 and what a wild ride it’s been. Our friend Prakash came to visit us this past weekend to say goodbye and[…]

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All the stories in India

January 26, 2020 James India 2019/20, James' Blog

Telling stories is a lot harder than I (James) ever thought it would be. I mean, you do something, you live through it, you think about the event, you relate[…]

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From the rooftops

November 3, 2018 James James' Blog

Falling into winter and digging in I (James) discovered a wonderful thing about working in Portland’s skyline firebrand… The view! So whilst performing the duties asked of me by the[…]

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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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