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15 Nov 2018 – Pushing south and watching the weather

By Richard. Posted on November 16th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
34:43.4N  76:40W  Heading south on 7 November, we found some wind about halfway between Reedville and Hampton Roads and with the help of ...
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7 Nov 2018 – Of Naval stuff and a return to Reedville

By Richard. Posted on November 8th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
37:50.5N  76:16.4W Gavin’s tour of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis on Tuesday 30 October was a highlight of our time here in the US.  T...
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29 Oct 2018 – Cape May to Annapolis

By Richard. Posted on November 8th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
38:58.4N 76:28.4W In the end, the threat of the Friday night storm won over the prospect of a pleasant passage up the Delaware.  Very hig...
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25 Oct 2018 – Port Washington to Cape May

By Richard. Posted on November 8th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
38:55.1N  74:55.8W New York City viewed from the east, through the Throgs Neck Bridge All good things come to an end and we departed Port...
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23 Oct 2018 – Of Maintenance, Cautionary Tales and a Cultural Miscellany in the Big Apple

By Richard. Posted on October 23rd, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
40:49.75N  073:42.4W Later on Tuesday 16th, Julie and I went into New York for lunch with an old friend of mine from University and the N...
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15 Oct 2018 – the Connecticut shoreline

By Richard. Posted on October 23rd, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:21N  072:23W 10 October saw us crossing Long Island Sound and heading for Stonington in Connecticut.  You have to get the tides right ...
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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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