Borrowed from: classicsailor.com You may have heard this saying: ‘There are two types of sailors: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.’ If running aground means literally running onto ground, then what is running onto a… sunken boat? Should that be called ‘running aboat’? Or boated? Well, that’s what happened to …
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Mathews to Phoebus
Having topped up our water, and waited awhile for the tide to rise, it was time to depart Queens Creek. Our OCC friends Bill and Chris helped with our lines as we backed out of their dock. We waved a bittersweet farewell to our friends, whilst accepting that pushing through shallows of muck is only …
Chesapeake Rendezvous Galore
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 …
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 …
