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Marblehead, MA to Norfolk, VA 2 women, 2 weeks, 2 sails We leave to explore and fish and clam along the way.
0 posts (0 words) 0 photos commentsSummer Dreams...........
Marblehead, MA to Norfolk, VA 2 women, 2 weeks, 2 sails We leave to explore and fish and clam along the way.
August 11, 2008: Weeee, here we go…............next week we pick up our new boat to sail back to Norfolk, VA. 2 women, one can navigate and one can sail. Together we make a whole sailor. The boat is a Hunter 38 loaded with gear. Logistics are daunting; cars, drop offs, slip availability, etc. » read more
1 posts (52 words) 0 photos 0 commentsSole Mates III sails to Maine
Bristol, RI - Gloucester Harbor,MA -Portsmouth NH - Portland,ME -Christmas Cove-Tennents Harbor- BoothBay,Maine Snow Isand - Sebasco Estates -Biddeford - Portsmouth,NH - Glouste...
July 26, 2008: Left Bristol Harbor at 6:30 AM. Wind averaged between 18-20 kts. from the South. We motored down the Sakonnet River as the wind was dead on. Seas 2 to 5 feet off shore, so sailed with the Jib only from the entrance of the river to Cleveland Ledge. We maintained an average speed of 5 to 6+ kts. As we headed up the Cleveland ledge approach we again motored as the wind was dead behind us. Arr... » read more
16 posts (2082 words) 106 photos 4 commentsSole Mates III Sails to Mystic, Conn.
This trip is part of the yearly Edgewood Yacht Club (which we are members of) Cruise and the part that Sole Mates III is participating in, this year.
August 06, 2008: At 4:30 a.m. the alarm on the cell phone rang and we were off by 5:30. Breakfast, brushing and general beautification rituals were quickly accomplished as we were facing a trip of approximately 46 nm and a race that was moving west beginning about 9:00 a.m. We hit it perfectly and the boat was logged at 8.3 knots at one point. The race made up in part for the lack of wind.&nbs... » read more
1 posts (176 words) 9 photos 0 commentsSouth to Boston...
Three of us are moving a Tartan 37 from Hyannis, MA to The Bahamas via Block Island, Norfolk, Beaufort, NC, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale
0 posts (0 words) 0 photos commentsHarmony's Maiden Voyage
Dickie and Helen bought S/V Harmony, after an exhausting 8 week search across Florida for a sailboat. She will (hopefully) take them from Highland Beach FL, home to Woods Hole ...
October 10, 2008: We motored Harmony from the previous owners dock in Highland Beach FL, and headed south for lighthouse point marina to get stocked up with provisions and nautical essentials. Spent a fortune in westmarine, twice. Set off on friday morning for our first anchorage spot on Lake Worth, about 40 miles north. » read more
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