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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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30 Aug – West to Maine, old friends and some technical stuff

By Richard. Posted on September 2nd, 2018 in Canada, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
44:05.8N  69:05.9W On our return to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, it was time to turn our attention to some defect rectification.  The cooker is...
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5 Aug – Bling, beauty, boating tales and some cool jazz in Newport

By Richard. Posted on August 14th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:28.7N 071:19.75W Newport RI is famous for its opulent mansions, built by rich industrialists who used the town as a summer retreat.  M...
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28 July – Long Island to Rhode Island and Cape Cod

By Richard. Posted on August 7th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
41:28.75N  071:19.75W Port Jefferson is an easy day sail from Port Washington, particularly with a fresh southerly breeze and a favourabl...
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27 July – a week in New York

By Richard. Posted on August 1st, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
40:57.14N  073:04.4W Our week in New York was crammed with memorable events.  We braved 100oF heat to walk along the Highline on the west...
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15 July – Destination New York City

By Richard. Posted on July 25th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
40:49.9N 073:43.8W The bucolic south bank of the Delaware River… The southbound transit of the Delaware River requires some careful calcu...
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13 July – at the top end of the Chesapeake

By Richard. Posted on July 20th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.
39:35N  075:34.5W I hear there’s a new Osprey living at No 2? The passage from Reedville to Solomons Island was remarkable only because w...
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