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There and back again

Well, it’s been a few months now. Here’s our much overdue post on coming back to the States. So the engine never got fixed. As … Read More ›

Posted on July 11, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising

What a perfect cruising day looks like

V with E of sv Serenade. Maybe it was fate that engine troubles cut our trip short. Not long after, I ran into sv Serenade … Read More ›

Posted on April 7, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising

Regatta week

Georgetown Regatta Week in pictures. So we decided to make the best of being stuck here. That means staying for the Georgetown Regatta Week.

Posted on March 25, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising

Georgetown memories

I think our sophomore cruise could be safely divided into three time periods: B.F., D.F., and A.F. (tongue-in-cheek for “Before, During and After sv Fairchild”). … Read More ›

Posted on March 23, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising, sailboat

Engine Saga – Part 2

This is Part 2 of our engine saga. After limping back to Georgetown, we had three different people come over to look at our engine. … Read More ›

Posted on March 21, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising, sailboat

Engine Saga – Part 1

Back in Georgetown. Here’s how it all went down, the short version.

Posted on March 13, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising

Duncantown

We did some more fishing on Buena Vista Island, where we met the one inhabitant. Ed gave us  a tour of his little farmstead which … Read More ›

Posted on February 20, 2016July 31, 2023
cruising

The Raggeds

The weather forecasted a week of Easterly trade winds, so we took advantage of the window to head back to Long Island and then turn … Read More ›

Posted on February 16, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising, homeschool

Derecho

The salty weather word of the day (from Wikipedia): A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], “straight”) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that … Read More ›

Posted on February 12, 2016July 4, 2019
cruising

Long Island

Long Island was a first for us. Up until then, we had been revisiting all our old cruising grounds. Naturally, I was feeling excited and … Read More ›

Posted on February 9, 2016July 4, 2019

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We are a family of four, living the good life on the New England coast. You can often find us remuddling our house, tending our garden, taking road trips in our Sprinter van, and plotting other adventures. We completed two cruises on our sailboat, sv Wildest Dream, in 2013 and 2016.

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