So, the past two weekends we finally did a project that we’ve been wanting to do since we got S/V S.N. Cetacea… We isolated our starting battery away from the[…]
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Category: Dena’s Blog Posts
The Six Town Ride
I’m so glad that James took care of the Beverly Port story. I was still wrapped up in getting our money back from them (first she said no refund, then[…]
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Loosening Ties
Colloquial sayings stick around because they strike a chord, but the best of them work in multiple situations with multiple meanings. “Don’t shit where you eat” is a saying that’s[…]
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Realizing Color
James’s artistry has taught me (Dena, of course) so much about apprehending the beauty around me. He shows me the world through his photos, which also trains my eye to[…]
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…on the Prodj
It’s the only work worth doing! When I (James) posed that hypothesis to a woman on the docks in East Hampton, New York, she laughed at me and replied, “Motherhood[…]
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Downeast Treat
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
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
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
…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!
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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