2021
It’s been two months since our final cruise and four months until we launch for the 2022 season. We had fewer Covid challenges in 2021 but far more weather headaches.
I am writing you from our winter home in the desert of Southern California. The 2021 boating season is over and our 6 month winter on land has begun. I
As many of you know, we’ve been hard core Sabre/Back Cove owners for the past seven years (Downeast 37, Back Cove 41, and now a Sabre 48 Flybridge). We loved
As the sun slowly sets on the 2021 boating season and hauling and storing duties await, I thought this would be a great time to look back on our summer
We seriously toyed with the idea of heading to Nantucket for the Columbus Day, but I never got comfortable with the forecast for the backend of the weekend. All sources
We visited Plymouth for Columbus Day Weekend and despite the cool forecast, it actually turned out to be classic autumn weather. Saturday we headed to town for lunch and decided
Peter and I have been good friends for almost 45 years… Back in the 70’s, when Peter and I were sharing a $200/month apartment in Boxboro, we’d make the two
We had the last weekend in September circled on the calendar for at least six months. Our dear Austin friends Jake and Peggy were scheduled to come in for a
I’m not sure when Petey started hosting the Pig Roast and Band on a Boat, but I first discovered it in 2019. Sadly, the local government shut it down in
As the 2021 cruising season winds down, we’re entering my favorite time of the year – October Cruising. Pick your destination and you’ll have no problem landing dockage at the
Boating in New England consists of three distinct seasons. There’s the spring which ends on the 4th of July, of course the traditional summer; and the fall boating season that
Before the pandemic I frequently videoed local musicians and posted them on this site. LIVE MUSIC There’s been very little live music on Buzzards Bay since March of 2020. In
Quite unusually, we visited Edgartown for the second weekend in a row over Labor Day with guests from California. While it’s true we did tread on some of the same
We’re enjoying perfect weather in Edgartown for a four day Labor Day weekend with guests from the West Coast. Knowing that Edgartown is a tough place to book dinner reservations,
Mrs. Horne had her golf and gambling buddy Arlene in from California last week to compete in the Bay Club Women’s Invitational… Although they didn’t win the tournament, Mrs. Horne
This is my third and final report of what began as a nine Day Anniversary cruise but ended after seven (see Getting To Watch Hill – The Anniversary Cruise and
This is my second report on our nine day Anniversary Cruise. Our cruise has already been cut to 8 days with Hurricane Henri bearing down on New England early Sunday
We were in Watch Hill for three days and we’d already ate at both of their good restaurants. I had come upon Andreas researching well rated restaurants nearby and after
This is the first report on our 9 day Anniversary cruise… I booked the first leg of this trip in early May thinking it would an unforgettable vacation for one
We truly love our little “SUV Family” (all three generations can fit in an SUV). We’re also blessed to have several Second Families across the country and last weekend we