On August 30th we left Mattapoisett in the morning with our sights set on catching the tide through Woods Hole and turning south to tuck into Tarpaulin Cove. The weather…
Now it was time to get back through the Cape Cod Canal and into Buzzards Bay, so we could keep on heading south. Timing is important at the canal, so…
Awakening to a day with much more settled weather than the day before, we decided to set out from Marblehead to Plymouth. There wasn’t much wind (it’s either too much…
On the 24th, we first and foremost had boat stuff to do. Projects, cleaning, the works. Patrick and Cecelia teamed up to check out the steering and the rudder. (Our…
After we arrived in Marblehead on the morning of the 22nd, we did what you always do after a passage: eat something and take a nap. Then we had enough…
The overnight sail was pretty sporty. When Patrick and I switched out around 11:30, winds were 15-18 knots, gusting into the 20s, so we put in a reef (reduced the…
On Monday the 21st, we woke up and finished our preparations for a 24-hour passage. We had a lot of things to check and store before we left. Patrick looked…