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Around the World in 80 Years…Maybe

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Category: Life Under Sail

All Shook Down

June 30, 2022 James Life Under Sail

Newport sucks! It’s not that Newport’s a particularly bad American city or anything, it’s just that there are so many opportunities for people like Dena and I (James) in Newport[…]

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Mast unstepped

June 14, 2022 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

On Monday, nice and early, we pulled into the empty slip almost directly in front of the crane. A salty long-haired guy caught the bow line and somehow managed to[…]

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Finally the mast!

June 12, 2022 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

After searching for over three months to find a shipyard that could and would pull our mast, we were almost desperate and getting turned down was starting to get infuriating.[…]

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Getting up to date

June 8, 2022 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We’ve been in a strange holding-pattern slash striving-for-progress kind of time. While waiting for our engine parts in Onset, we tried setting up the Monitor only to find out that[…]

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Oh that 555!!!

June 6, 2022 James Boat Projects, James' Blog, Life Under Sail
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…oh yeah, that infernal combustion engine.

June 4, 2022 James Boat Projects, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…fixed that shit! Put her all back together and sailed to 3’rd beach!

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When sailing is the only option

May 27, 2022 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

All dressed up in the beautiful new Seatiger 555, James and I were raring to go and the weather looked like it might cooperate. Spring forecasts and all, but there[…]

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Oh yeah, the 555!

May 22, 2022 James Boat Projects, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

So we got this incredible machine, the Seatiger 555 windless, from Bacon in Annapolis and…it’s totally awesome and all…but the fact is our boat wasn’t built to accommodate this device.[…]

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Wintering here

November 2, 2021 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Over a month ago we tossed off the mooring in Salem and headed for Beverly. Not much of an adventure to be sure but we absolutely made the best of[…]

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Because sometimes this happens…

August 26, 2021 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

I used to pretend to love listening to those “Salty ‘Ol Captains Courageous” at West Marine drone on and on about the strange and impossible mishaps that occur on boats.[…]

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