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10 Oct 2018 – Long Island to Hell’s Kitchen and back

By Richard. Posted on October 23rd, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:07.2N 072:17.6W Residents of Three Mile Harbor Whilst we were keen to have a look at The Hamptons – a famous collection of neighbourho...
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3 October 2018 – Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and a return to Newport

By Richard. Posted on October 14th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:00.8N  72: 11.2W We left Plymouth in glorious sunshine, flat calm seas and hardly a breath of wind – ideal whale watching conditions b...
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29 Sept 2018 – Large whale and small rock

By Richard. Posted on October 8th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:57.7N  70:39.9W Gurnet Point: the Massachusetts equivalent of Rame Head (after which our boat is named…) Plymouth Massachusetts turns ...
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27 Sept 2018 – Boston

By Richard. Posted on October 6th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
42:21.6N  71:02W We motored to Boston on Sunday morning in a flat calm sea.  There are some islands off the harbor entrance run by the Na...
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23 Sept 2018 – a spot of witchcraft, ashore and afloat

By Richard. Posted on October 4th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
42:31.3N  70:51.9W Salem is best known for the witchcraft trials of the 1690s, but that was not our main reason for visiting.  When we we...
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20 Sep 2018 – Visiting Portsmouth New Hampshire and Gloucester Massachusetts

By Richard. Posted on October 1st, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
42:31.24N 070:51.9W This particular Portsmouth (there are three in the US that I have visited, plus the one in Dominica and our own Speci...
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16 Sept – Isles of Maine Part 5 – island living and fog heading to Pompey!

By Richard. Posted on September 21st, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
43:04.4N  070:42.7W All good things must come to an end and whilst we could have loitered at Mount Desert to explore more of the Acadia N...
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11 Sep – Isles of Maine Part 4 – climbing the Desert

By Richard. Posted on September 13th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
44:21.66N  068:19.64W On Saturday 8th, we did some serious trail walking.  After an altercation with a grumpy, fat bus driver who said he...
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9 Sep – Isles of Maine Part 3 – Mount Desert Island

By Richard. Posted on September 13th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
44:21.65N 068:19.6W Des Res on Mount Desert Island On Thursday we slid further east to Mount Desert Island and picked up a buoy off the s...
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6 Sep – Isles of Maine, Part 2: Swan’s Island

By Richard. Posted on September 13th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
44:21.65N  068:19.65W At anchor, Mackerel Cove, Swan’s Island Escapade left Pulpit Harbour on Tuesday 4 September and headed clockwise ar...
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4 Sept – Isles of Maine Part 1

By Richard. Posted on September 9th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
44:09.22N  068: 53.1W We left Rockland on 31 August and spent the night back at anchor in Camden.  It’s only a short sail and on the way ...
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How on earth did we get here?

By Richard. Posted on September 6th, 2018 in Equipment, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
Editor’s Note: This is a technical article about the boat and our preparations for our North Atlantic trip, which others (armchair ...
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