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Tangier, VA

After weeks of Chesapeake mud (and getting stuck in it) we were thrilled to visit Tangier, VA. As we sailed by the mouth of the … Read More ›

Posted on October 8, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising

Cambridge, MD

We arrived in Cambridge, MD just in time for the annual Skipjack race. Tig’s parents drove down from New York to meet us there. The … Read More ›

Posted on October 5, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, sailboat

A raft-up to end the summer

Our first raft-up on the Wye River with sv Majestic (Cindy and family), sv Heron and sv Demeter. The first half of the morning was … Read More ›

Posted on September 24, 2012July 18, 2019
cruising

Catching up with sv Heron

Our first summer aboard, we met Greg and Tracy of Sv Heron. They were cruising up the coast from Annapolis on their J120 and stopped … Read More ›

Posted on September 22, 2012July 18, 2019
cruising

Meet-up with sv Hawk

We had quite a few highlights from our stop at Annapolis. One of them was meeting Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger, circumnavigaors and authors of … Read More ›

Posted on September 20, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

National Zoo

Doing’ the elephant at the National Zoo Catching up with Lyo Lyo and Tonya, who is expecting her third! Cutie pie Looking up… …at the … Read More ›

Posted on September 18, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Child’s play, the guns, knives and vodka edition

Oh my, there is so much going on that I can’t even keep up. Fast forwarding through Still Pond (lovely anchorage, water snakes) and Rock … Read More ›

Posted on September 5, 2012July 18, 2019
cruising

Cape May to Chesapeake Bay

As we were leaving Cape May we ran aground while trying to get to a marina fuel dock. (Note to self: start asking about draft/depth … Read More ›

Posted on August 27, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

New Jersey run: Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape May, NJ.

The open sea to the east, the garden state to the west, and few good inlets for sailboats with any draft. I feared New Jersey … Read More ›

Posted on August 24, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising

Upper West Side to Staten Island

After a two week hiatus, we hit the water and went down the Hudson River to the 79th Street Boat Basin. Riverside Park I was … Read More ›

Posted on August 20, 2012July 19, 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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