My Buzzards Bay is now in its 10th year! Although I consider myself tech-savvy, managing a mountain of boating content on this website turned out to be a daunting task.
If you’ve been following My Buzzards Bay for any time, you’ve heard me speak fondly of our flotilla friends. Boating is fun, bringing friends on your boat creates special memories,
Wednesday morning arrived with a little less wind and bright sunshine. We planned to go biking with Dave and Renee, but first we needed to offload the eBikes. With a
This is almost always my favorite trip of the season. I love the Nantucket weather – good or bad, love the lack of crowds, and I love being in one
A few months ago, one of the Boating Facebook groups I follow mentioned something about Tall Ships and Fireworks in Newport on June 5th. We really love Newport, but haven’t
If you’ve been in New England this month, you already know what I’m about to tell you – the weekend weather stunk! And to make matters worse, most of the
Safe Harbor Plymouth finally released us and Friday looked like a good day to make the run down the canal to our homeport in Onset Bay. The Right Whale speed
Once again, we started our boating season with a few weeks in Plymouth. We saw Queen Experience last October at the Spire Center and really enjoyed the show. I signed
I want to thank all of you who generously donated to the rebuilding of Mattapoisett Boatyard following the fire on August 19, 2022. We want to thank especially those that
If you’ve been following us for a while, you may recall that a trip to Boston two years ago was interrupted by a Coast Guard boarding in the middle of
Up until Amazing Grace, Mattapoisett Bostyard always detailed our boats as part of commissioning. Amazing Grace is stored and commissioned at Safe Harbor Plymouth and they don’t do detailing. I’m
Our 2026 launch is happening this week, and if we get some decent weather, you’ll be a few weeks away from starting a season of stories about our adventures on
Yes, Amazing Grace was finally hauled and stowed for the winter on November 21 (thanks to SK Marine Electronics for the great photo.) As 2025 comes to a close, I
We have been back in our California winter home for about ten days, so this is my final report on the 2025 boating season. Our last overnight cruise to Boston
I consider any boating after October 1st Bonus Time. While there are usually some decent days in autumn, it’s hard to count on them and of course, a lot of
If you are a regular reader, you know that our friend Peter often cruises with us. In late July and early August, we all took a 17-day cruise south and
Although we’ve now been cruising Amazing Grace for a few years, I still get people asking me “Do you love your new boat.” My answer is always the same: “It’s
If you’re a regular follower of this blog, you may have noticed that this is our second weekend in a row at Oak Bluffs. It’s also our 6th visit to
We have been celebrating the unofficial end of summer on Martha’s Vineyard since 2020. I always managed to book one of the two slips at the Harbormaster’s Dock in Edgartown