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 […]
Archive for September, 2010
Newburyport, MA
Sep 16th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
New crew!
Sep 13th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
Castine to Rockland
Sep 9th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
Single-handing to Castine
Sep 6th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Life aboard
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 […]
Earl comes calling…
Sep 3rd 2010Life aboard
Barb is on her way to York, she should arrive just ahead of the storm, I am finishing up preparations along with the rest of the harbor here. It’s a buzz of activity with folks doing what they do before a storm. The latest reports have discontinued the hurricane watch for this area, looks like […]
Oh, say can you see….. Bar Harbor??
Sep 1st 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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. […]