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Category: Life Under Sail

The gales of an isolated spring

April 21, 2020 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

The thought of riding out another southerly gale in the middle of Knock Down Alley between Dutch Island and Jamestown felt like a long growling sigh, grrr-argh! But Sunday was[…]

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Trusting Ourselves

April 17, 2020 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

I (Dena) woke at four in the morning and spent an hour and a half pondering dread. It’s not an emotion I spend a lot of time with, but I’ve[…]

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Another boom rebuild

April 15, 2020 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

There was a mutual, audible gulp between us when we saw that future storm bearing down on us from all our media sources. It sucked! Some said 50 knot gusts[…]

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Starting Fires

April 8, 2020 James Boat Projects, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Starting a fire is the very essence of human technology. If you’ve ever built a fire, you know — it’s an awesome achievement! It’s the fundamental step in the manipulation[…]

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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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No Longer Pushing Rope

April 3, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Hands are sensory organs, and the difference to the hand between old and new lines is emotional, encouraging, adventurous. A soft handful of control, thick enough to grip and pull,[…]

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Splashing SVSN Cetacea

April 2, 2020 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Her first haulout was a long one – out last September and in at the beginning of April. It really was the same thing in reverse. The guy who did[…]

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Home

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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