After another 8-hour day of sailing (often motor-sailing) we dropped Fayaway’s trusty hook just a stone’s throw away from a verdant golf course surrounded by thick aromatic trees. We comfortably sandwiched ourselves upwind to a beautiful Shannon 43 from Salem, MA, and to port of a boxy, black barge named Black Beauty. I said to …
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New Scotland
Nova Scotia was named by Sir William Alexander, who received a grant to all the land between New England and Newfoundland from King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England) in 1621. The official charter was in Latin and the name "New Scotland" retained its Latin form. After topping up our diesel, and …
Two Dawns Cracking
A passage to Nova Scotia It was another glorious pre-dawn departure. Awoken before my alarm-watch buzzed on my wrist, by a bit of splash of who-knows-what swimming creature on the other side of my fiberglass wall. I rolled over to snuggle, and noticing it was already getting light, for it wouldn't be long now. Excitement …
Fayaway Updates – 2024
Aside from various repairs and maintenance we have made a few major upgrades and improvements. Miscellaneous projects such as rebuilding the windlass motor, repairing moisture saturation, adding improved video sound and a new $14 toaster definitely improve our living quality, but aren’t groundbreaking, so I’ll omit. For new additions and modifications, only time will tell …
Passions and Projects
40+ year-long professional career, dutifully fulfilled, is sunsetting. But I’m turning the page altogether now, and the Sun also rises onto our 40+ foot sailboat. It was a jolly good run. Kelly made her leave five years ago - just waiting for me to trade one passion for another. So, we segue away from a …
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