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Category Archives: Dutch Harbor
Falling Behind…and it’s Still Summer!
Here it is mid August and I’ve not posted an update since mid June. It’s not that we’ve been idle, just the opposite – we’ve been quite busy. Every available weekend we’ve been somewhere and even some unavailable ones. I will try to assemble a brief trip log here, time Read On..
Also posted in Block Island, Cuttyhunk, Oak Bluffs, Quonset, Stonington
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Neglecting the good Stuff
So I’ve done it once again – filled all of your heads with all the horrendous things I’ve done to my poor boat while neglecting to point out that the other 99% of the trip was really, really nice. OK, 90% anyway, we had a lot of fog. All the Read On..
Also posted in Block Island, Rafting
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So near but yet so far…
I can see Newport from my house, well the bridge anyway. And Jamestown Island. That’s where we spent the weekend after all – Dutch Harbor on Jamestown, followed by a lovely but short sail around Beavertail Point into the fog around Newport. No place I couldn’t drive in 35 minutes Read On..
Also posted in Newport
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Free at Last…
Sipping a drink in the cockpit at anchor last night while watching the sun go down, reading to the kids in a small pool of light in the saloon, waking up at anchor. After months of hard work and aggravation I finally get reminded of why I put myself through Read On..
Trip Reports…Block, Cutty, Block
Maybe it’s getting repetitive, but we made a few trips out to Cuttyhunk and Block Island over May & June. They are nice places, there is usually stuff to do, and of course they are off shore so they are cooler than being on the main land. The challenge is Read On..
Also posted in Block Island, Cuttyhunk, Islands
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Back in the Saddle Again…
So we FINALLY got to go for a cruise. After braving first communions, cutlass bearings, mad hunts for special bolts and a variety of other things that managed to shoot May completely to crap for cruising we finally got off of land. Sure, we took a couple of day sails Read On..
Also posted in Block Island, Point Judith
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