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Sept 15th As I was starting to write this blog, Pat said we did good mileage yesterday. Well yes, of course! at one stage there was 37 kn of wind. It was pretty hairy coming into the marina, particularly since it was after six pm and there were no dock hands to take our lines,Continue reading “Waiting out the weather in (of all places !) CAPE FEAR”

One of the many things I love about sailing is all the interesting people you meet and what a helpful community the sailing community is. I was really looking forward to coming in to Lambs marina for a hearty meal at Lamb’s seafood restaurant. I learned at the dismal swamp lock that the restaurant isContinue reading “Dismal Swamp, people you meet and the Fxxxing bilge !”

Chesapeake 24th-1st September We  anchored in Onancock and had a lovely meal with good music and I can’t believe I didn’t take any photographs as it is such a beautiful place but there you go, sometimes you’re too much in the moment to take pictures. Smith island reminds me so much of Rathlin. AContinue reading “1000 miles and still going strong.”

Following the first storm the night we arrived, the weather was perfect. We decided to stay here as Forrest (sadly) was leaving us and we could get to the airport easily. It’s the perfect place to stop as it’s smack bang in the middle of York town, Williamsburg and Jamestown. So plenty of history toContinue reading “Wormley Creek and the start of America. Aug 21-24”

As with every trip there is always one nagging piece of equipment that will not work. Our days in Coinjock were spent squeezed into the lazarrette trying to figure out why the manual bilge is not working while Forrest ‘assists’? Brian our mechanic with the electric bilge. (He was a talker!) Seeing how they repairContinue reading “Coinjock to Portsmouth Aug17-19”

I love Beaufort NC (pronounced Bofort). Many of the houses are from early 18C and of course there is always the stroll around the graveyard. Best history lesson. This one starts at 1709 AD and has soldiers from the civil war buried there. A British general buried standing up ( pompous git I say ),Continue reading “A Day off the boat in Beaufort. NC And then up the ICW”

And so we headed off to the golf screen early Friday morning. The usual sighting, flying fish and dolphin to cheer us up on our way. First day and night was glorious, no moon in the sky so the stars were shining and you could see the Milky Way. Perseids a meteor shower was outContinue reading “3 Days at sea to Beaufort NC. Aug 9 -Aug 12”

My cousin Siobhan introduced us to Patrick our new crew member. he wanted to get some miles in for his Captains license. We thought he could cook and he thought M’Aingeal was sea worthy. Well I guess we were both right in a way. First thing in the morning he had to climb the mastContinue reading “July 12-21st Beaufort and back.”

We booked a tour to see the northern lights with ‘Face the outdoors’ ‘ and highly recommend it. He took us to his house miles out of Fairbanks. On the way he was explaining to us the benefits of having a private field and how often the public will keep their car lights on whichContinue reading “Aurora Borealis”