We journeyed from Cape May, New Jersey, up the Delaware River, so to take a shortcut over to the Chesapeake Bay. Technically part of the official Intracoastal Waterway for snow birds boating south (while remaining inland) to warmer weather, we are using the waterway to visit the Northern Chesapeake area, and make a few planned …
Month: September 2019
A Real Passage
Our first real passage on Fayaway was completed yesterday. While certainly not our first overnight trip, we made a typical 54 hour slog, where the was forecast not entirely accurate. Fayaway got us here safely, very salty, and best of all (difficult to believe with the pounding we took), nothing broke! We left on a …
Places we’ve never been
As we start this adventure it is worth noting why we are heading out, it's not to get away from anything or anyone. Quite the contrary. We already miss our friends and family. They are life's most precious assets. Running down Buzzards Bay We are going purely for the adventure of "discovering" new places and …
Definitely Not Plan
We left our home base at our comfy mooring in Newburyport after an extended stay. We spent the time well after delays caused by the Marina. Topping it off we got an outrageous bill (only after pestering them several times that we wanted to settle up). I'll keep the mood positive so won't mention the …
Life on Half-tide Rocks
Our mooring at the American Yacht Club is near a feature of the Merrimack River called Half-tide Rocks. As you probably guessed, there are rocks that appear at about half tide and more rocks appear as the tide ebbs. Normally the rocks are home to lazy seagulls and the poorly evolved cormorants (really, a water …