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Category: Life Under Sail

Another winter in paradise

November 29, 2023 James Dena's Blog Posts, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail, The Azores

We have sailed the ocean blue and found a place of ancient familial connections. We put that hook down and laughed at the effort. When you first show up to[…]

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27 years of joy together, yesterday

October 26, 2023 Dena Life Under Sail

James and I met in Seattle, Washington, in 1996. We’ve been together ever since and we continue to establish how well matched we are. Some of the stories are told[…]

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Un-still life in Praia da Vitoria

October 20, 2023 James Life Under Sail, The Azores

Autumn in the Azores is a fantastical experience! The weather is the rockstar and you are only there to watch and survive if you can. Our last post glossed over[…]

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An overnight to another world

October 6, 2023 James Life Under Sail

We set sail away from São Jorge in the early morning hours, ahead of the catamoron that rolled out backwards to set a main that they didn’t even use to[…]

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Ancestral Azores

September 14, 2023 James Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail, The Azores

We woke up early to sail from Faial to São Jorge because we had no idea what it would take to get that hook off the bottom. It was a[…]

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Enjoying Horta

September 4, 2023 Dena Life Under Sail

I (Dena) just folded a long grocery store receipt and had one of those thrilling moments that is so very prosaic when it comes down to it. The receipt is[…]

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29 days at home

August 26, 2023 James Life Under Sail

Wrapping up into usable sound bites and elevator pitches an adventure such as our trans-Atlantic passage needs another kind of author altogether, maybe an author who thinks they don’t write[…]

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Watching Don from Bermuda

July 17, 2023 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We are officially waiting. Tropical storm Don is circling (WTF!?!) between Bermuda and the Azores. If we were to leave today (which we strongly considered), we would run into the[…]

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A sail across an ocean in the Verse

July 14, 2023 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

999.9 nautical miles in 13 days, 3 hours and 30 minutes and just like that, we’re in Bermuda. The End! Kidding! We did it. We sailed to Bermuda from Fk.[…]

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To Bermuda, Day 14

July 11, 2023 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 14 – 67.2 NM 7/10/2023 James’ 6-7 pm watch 6:13 pm: Just got off the VHF after a second attempt to communicate with Bermuda Radio on[…]

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