M/V MAERIN

Provincetown is known as the Key West of the north. Having been to Key West, I can vouch for the comparison. Smaller old homes are stacked one against another facing narrow streets filled with wandering tourists and shops of every stripe. Oh, and the rainbow stripes. Rainbow flags, rainbow stickers, rainbow bunting under windows. Very […]

We arrived at Newburyport at 1753, a 10 hour cruise day. Jared did some passive sea leg acquisition on the pilot berth, taking advantage of Molly’s tutelage, since she is an accomplished cruising dog, and rarely experiences any adverse reactions to even the roughest seas. They pretty much missed New Hampshire. Our relatively late arrival […]

A change of plans. In light of Andrea’s ankle injury and her subsequent hospitalization for repairs, the admiral opted to divert to San Francisco to help Andrea out, so will not be returning to Maerin. This change of plans has left the skipper and the dogs the choice of single-handing the remaining trip back to […]

We arrived in Castine to winds piping up into the 20 kt neighborhood, no problems picking up our mooring, but launching the dink was a bit challenging! A learning experience. We’re guests on Jeffrey & Karen’s (of ActiveCaptain) mooring in Castine. They are aboard aCapella in the Chesapeake, and graciously offered the use of their […]

With the admiral back home to be with her mother and attend her aunt’s funeral, the pups and I are holding down the fort and riding out Earl. Sunday after Earl departed and the weather improved dramatically, we boarded the bus, (yes dogs are allowed on the Explorer buses here!) and headed to Bar Harbor […]

Our crossing from Clark’s Harbor back to the US began at just after midnight Atlantic time. We felt our way out of Clark’s harbor, following our radar and our track from our entry some hours before. Once out past the reef line, we settled into our routine of an overnight, our first in many months. […]

Another very easy cruise with long period waves. We rounded Cape Sable on an outgoing tide, hindsight indicated we should have left earlier, since the recommendations in the cruising guide were predicated on continuing to Yarmouth and getting a benefit of a turning current subsequent to rounding the Cape. Lesson learned. We arrived at Clark’s […]

We departed Lunenburg Sunday 0730 for the 76.4 nm run to Shelburne. We passed anchored Aries Too on the way out of the harbor, and they passed us an hour or so later. We were feeling the after effects of Diana, as we experienced seas of 3-4 ft. but very long periods of about 15 […]

The 47 nm cruise from Halifax to Lunenburg was relatively uneventful. We got an early start, departing 0650 and arrived at 1400, early enough to get tied up and take in the Fisheries Museum, which was very interesting. Included in the museum’s collection are two fishing vessels, the Cape Sable, a steel side trawler dating […]

Tuesday 24 Aug Tuesday dawned partly sunny with light winds out of the south, but predicted to increase to 20 kts during the day. So an early start was in order. We were underway at 0635, leaving tranquil Liscomb Mills behind. We had well over an hour’s travel before heading to sea, and once we […]