Yesterday we returned home after ten wonderful days at sea – including six in Maine. We left Wentworth-By-The-Sea around 8:15 with 91 miles to go to reach the eastern entrance
We continued to head south on Tuesday, leaving Portland just after 8:00 for the 60-mile run to Wentworth-By-The-Sea. Despite the lack of wind, we ran into 3-5’ rollers from the
We actually welcomed the rain yesterday. We’ve been running hard for a week, and we were ready for a bit of downtime. We awoke to a gray day. It had
Mrs. Horne decided we’d all go biking on our first full day in Portland. It was a bit of a challenge finding Peter a rental bike, but after lots of
Saturday morning, we began our trek south and the eventual return to Mattapoisett. Weather is the never-ending challenge in planning a voyage of this length. Armed with over half a
We kept things simple for our third day in Boothbay. A slice of the Captain’s Banana Bread followed by a tour of the surrounding islands and a picnic lunch somewhere
Day 4 was the first morning of the trip when we weren’t packing up to head to another port. The plan for the day was to bike around Spruce Point
I love it when a plan comes together! I woke up around 4:45 with some strange lower back pain. I hobbled to my coffee, grabbed my iPad, started checking weather
We woke to bright sun and a brisk breeze in Boston. We were booked to stay another night at Rowe’s Wharf and then run 125 miles to Boothbay on Wednesday,
As you may recall, we attempted visiting Boothbay by boat twice. In 2017, we set off in Vigilant and lost the first day due to a nasty northeast’a and only
Our little family traditionally visits us on Buzzards Bay during the first two weeks of July. As a consummate planner, I’m always looking for fun things to do to entertain
The Buzzards Bay Boaters Facebook group organized a boating Ice Cream Social behind Bassetts Island on Saturday. Our family was in town, and since our grandkids go crazy for ice
We wrapped up the spring cruising season with a quick weekend in Newport, Rhode Island. It had initially been Friday to Sunday, then Saturday to Monday, but eventually, we yielded