Monthly Archives: June 2022

Mile 1291 June 24 We left Rhode Island and anchored in a beautiful quiet spot in Sakonnet to make it to New Bedford Yacht club and pick up the prop I broke some days ago. It’s still quite cold and we hear of temperatures of 100 in Florida. New Bedford Yacht club is one ofContinue reading “Warming up to 66′”

Mistakes! Wonderful and rare if it happens without an audience, but these two very ‘experienced’ sailors ere not so lucky. We arrived at Rhode Island and as the dock master was describing where the mooring ball was, we realized we had forgotten the minor detail of taking the Jib in on that very windy day.Continue reading “What makes an Experienced Sailor.”

June 15 Newport We had planned to go to the museums today and indeed the first one was the maritime center. I would highly recommend it. Very interactive and I had the opportunity to take the virtual helm of a boat and was going to dock it. I didn’t make it in time! ‘Well done’Continue reading “A Very Special day”

It’s a double edged sword to be too busy sightseeing to write the blog. Port Washington is certainly a pretty place and we spent quite a while hiking and watching sunsets. I’d post them all up but then it becomes a bit samey to see a lot of pictures although definitely in person. We stayedContinue reading “Long Island to Rhode Island”

It was quite cloudy when we came into New York but of course we still sailed over to Lady Liberty. It was pretty hairy crossing as the ferries and tugs come up from nowhere and at one stage the prop was vibrating ominously. I stopped, reversed and whatever it was came off. When we arrivedContinue reading “Tracy Edwards the maiden and the lady”

I never dreamed that I would be writing a post about Sailing to New York. It is so exciting. I know I’ve written before about Norfolk Harbour but those air craft carriers and battle ships never cease to amaze me. We checked the weather with Chris Parker and it resulted in a beautiful calm sail.Continue reading “Sailing to New York”