You imagine life on a sailboat: morning coffee in the cockpit, reading a book stretched out in the sun, a lazy afternoon, maybe a swim in clear blue water followed by sundowners, dinner of freshly caught fish and an evening of stargazing. But the reality so far is a bit different as we adjust and …
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Buoy Entertainment
The friendly town of Georgetown is nestled up into the serene Sassafras River (too big to be called a Creek?) of northeastern Maryland. This is our next port of call, as we proceed south down the Chesapeake Bay. About 4 hours of light motoring (ugh) moved us to Georgetown from Chesapeake City, leaving us plenty …
We’re Up A Creek!
A recurring theme on our passages here in the Chesapeake is what’s the next creek we’ll visit. I’ve started drafting a couple blog posts about creeks that we’ve visited so far, and we often discuss our next possible anchorage, and so this recurring term caused pause. My kindly sarcastic mind often bends and stretches a …
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 …
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 …
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