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Category: Life Under Sail

The proving grounds

June 18, 2023 James Cat Stuff, Dena's Blog Posts, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…and then we went sailing! Marathon was such a fucking drag in the end that we couldn’t help but laugh on our way out of there. We’d been in that[…]

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The Invisible Amount of Money

June 12, 2023 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

The slow circumnavigation of a 30′ electric sailboat holds a real excitement for people, especially since we can’t find any other sailboats who have done it or are ahead of[…]

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S/V SN-E

May 31, 2023 James Dena's Blog Posts, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

So here’s a story… A couple of people go to sea for a couple of decades and discover a world dominated by the infernal combustion of one single industry. From[…]

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Our last year at sea

May 24, 2023 James Life Under Sail

On May 22, 2022, we (Dena and I, James) went sailing. We left the City of Sin, Mass, and pointed the boat at Gloucester with our eyes on the Azores.[…]

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The Smallest

May 9, 2023 James Dena's Blog Posts, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…the slowest, the best and absolute finest spaceship on Earth has just added way-too-much power for our immediate needs. …A funny thing about needs and humans. Humans need so fucking[…]

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Electrifying!

April 25, 2023 James Boat Projects, Electrified, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We posted local ads on dregslist and facefuck for our diesel engine and left Key West on a sheet of glass covered in salad. Not a breath, a sigh, nor[…]

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A celebration of a life

March 21, 2023 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

From 1967 until 1969, my (James’) bio-fam lived in Key West Florida on the Navy base, you know, always the worst place in paradise. But the most amazing thing about[…]

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What might be a night heron, perched on the bow line of the Schooner Jolly Rover

Free and Easy

March 14, 2023 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

We are at loose ends for the first time since the beginning of November, when James’ mom died and we started planning how to get him to her celebration of[…]

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Bending West through the Keys

February 27, 2023 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We took off from Key Biscayne bright and early, having checked the weather forecast again that morning and comparing what they said to what we saw. Sure…looks about right. The[…]

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Southing once again

February 15, 2023 James James' Blog, Life Under Sail

It’s almost as if Lyle Hess designed the Fatty Knees 8 to plug into the Baba 30! I can’t believe how perfectly this boat fits into our fore triangle! The[…]

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