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Sovereign Nations

Around the World in 80 Years…Maybe

  • Dena
  • James
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  • S/V S.N. Cetacea
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Month: August 2020

The Wilds of Maine

August 28, 2020 Dena Life Under Sail

We spent just enough time in Bath to get the duties done (like buying coffee…not okay to run out) before taking off for the wilds of Maine. It’s not that[…]

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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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The Deck

August 4, 2020 James Boat Projects, Life Under Sail

The deck project has been moving along with the weather, since we started it in the Magothy. There used to be these angled pieces of teak that protected your feet[…]

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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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Starboard sides up...after
Starboard sides up... before
...after day one
... before.
Ready to tow our new dinghy
Tursiops, our new Fatty Knees 8, after being towed home
Our "new" work in progress.
Look at the diver!
Tonight in West Palm Beach

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