We waved goodbye to good friends, dropped our American Yacht Club mooring lines and departed Newburyport early on a sunny morning. After overnight anchoring stops at Block Island, the Delaware River mouth, and catching the early tide north, we traversed west through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. We turned south again making another stop near …
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Sailing Up The Mountain
A friend recently wrote in his blog of a metaphor for climbing a mountain: the pursuit of the top being more important, and not actually reaching the top being the true essence of the experience. Of course I’m paraphrasing with my own take. He much more eloquently conveys the concept with quoted poetry and commentary. …
Night and Day: Marine Services
If you own a boat, you’re probably familiar with euphemisms such as: “You know meaning of the word B-O-A-T right? Break Out Another Thousand”. Or “A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money.” Suffice to say that a boat can be a financial burden. But you do have some ability …
Back To Reality : Follow The Sun
One day you'll look to see I've goneFor tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunSome day you'll know I was the oneBut tomorrow may rain, soI'll follow the sun Beatles The sun settles later over an anchorage called Goose Island along the remote northeast Nova Scotia coast. Now mid-August, we begin our "windward" trek …
Highlights of the Highlands
Kelly and I wanted to explore other areas on Cape Breton Island - ones perhaps more difficult to reach from within the lakes aboard Fayaway or our little chariot Korykory. Amongst his many offerings, our de facto 'Port Captain' of Baddeck, Paul, kindly reserved for us a rental car in Sydney, about a 45 minute …
SV Fayaway 