Well it just goes to show you. You never can tell… Yesterday when we left Newport it was a gorgeous day, nice sunny overhead, seemingly an easy wind. In fact going out of the harbor proper we ran across a girl’s school doing laser sailboat races. The picture included shows the boat race with the…

We’ve been out of touch for a couple of days due to the spotty nature of the internet service but now seem to have a more stable connection…at least for the moment.  It’s funny how so many places advertise that they have wi fi but the advertisement (in the form of a small icon in…

We were able to drop the mooring in Falmouth and although we left late (departure at about 10:20 we made it to Isle of Shoals anyway. Thank goodness we had a full moon since our transit time was just over 9 hours and it was completely dark by the time we got there. Isle of…

Well it’s the first night on the boat- ever (at least for the kids and I). The myriad of things that have transpired that have prevented or at least delayed us thus far from making our departure are, at least for now, behind us. There have been delays too numerous to list and lists too…

After over a year of blood, sweat and tears, we finally started the journey south with our first stop Isles of Shoals.  We got underway around 10:30am and headed out of the Falmouth anchorage and through the Hussey’s.  The forecast was for 2-3 ft seas, but we were quickly met with 4-6 ft seas with…