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Lazarette

Me: What’s a lazarette? Tig: Sounds like a Lazy-boy for women… Lazarette: a small storage compartment, located at or near the stern. The term is … Read More ›

Posted on November 26, 2010July 4, 2019
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Two boat tours and a gathering

This weekend we visited two more sailboats thanks to Lauren’s efforts (she has been the biggest cheerleader of our crazy plan). First, we looked at … Read More ›

Posted on November 20, 2010July 4, 2019
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Fiddle

Tig: What’s a fiddle? Me: I dunno, a small little thing on a boat for guys like you to twiddle with when you are bored? … Read More ›

Posted on November 19, 2010July 4, 2019
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Visiting windhorse

This weekend the weather was so beautiful that we found our way back to Windhorse, our friends’ Tayana 37. Lauren greeted us from the hatch.

Posted on November 15, 2010July 31, 2023
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Salty word of the day

Although Tig and I know the basic terms “head”, “galley”, “lines”, “port” and “starboard,” our knowledge of boats and sailing is so, uh, nonexistent that … Read More ›

Posted on November 13, 2010July 4, 2019
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A boat load of reading

      Our friends, Tim and Lauren, gave us a stack of books and four years worth of sailing/cruising magazines. We are reading them … Read More ›

Posted on November 11, 2010July 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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