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 …
Zen 30
Admiring the recently-arrived water maker pile of parts A friend was heading to the Miami boat show earlier this year, and asked if we'd like him to look for anything on our behalf. I said, "sure! Please see what you can find for a good deal on an efficient water maker". So, he shopped around …
Fitting Out
Working in the cockpit early in May 2019 Our full-time "job" since April has been outfitting. Fayaway is a 1984 Wauquiez Pretorien that we purchased early in 2017, The prior owners did a great job cosmetically updating her but she remained almost factory-new, in terms of her limited spartan accoutrements. In essence, she had very …
SV Fayaway 