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 …
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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 …
Gobs of Water, Water Everywhere!
Or Zen Update Readers may recall an earlier post about our Zen30 watermaker. A few days ago we took another mid-week sojourn over to one of our favorite local “hangouts”, Isles of Shoals. We had a couple things in mind: foremost, just to get away for a couple days; and second, to complete a project …
Smuttynose and Weather
Map borrowed from Wikipedia; Isles of Shoals is actually part of Kittery, Maine We spent a couple nights aboard Fayaway at the Isles of Shoals last week, for our first time away from Newburyport since splashdown only a few weeks before. We had been out day sailing, and had participated in several club races this …
Salon Table
When we purchased Fayaway, she contained a recently updated salon table which was not what the original builder (Henry Wauquiez) had intended. While it was in nice condition, it used a single pedestal base, simply screwed (x6) to the sole. When at dock the table fit the purpose well, allowed easy access, and looked quite …
SV Fayaway 