All Hands On Deck   Adventures on land and at sea

I always intended to start another blog focusing on cooking aboard Pirat. It’s hard enough to maintain one blog with spotty internet so we’ll see if I can manage two. My friend Danielle of Danielle in Brazil inspired me as well. Her cooking blog is a nice addition to her fascinating musings about teaching and […]

It actually feels kind of nice to be sunburned. After a winter in Rhode Island I’m finally starting to thaw out! Well, we made it to the Chesapeake. I must admit I wasn’t too impressed at first. Power boats rudely assaulting us with their wakes are pretty irritating when you’re trying to sail on otherwise […]

Now there’s more to read about our adventures on the blog Foreigner’s Finances. The author interviewed me about my alternative post-graduation lifestyle and some of the practicalities of cruising. Check it out! Here we are at the top of Delaware bay, near the entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. It took us all day […]

I actually finished that post last night but lost the end of it because I started working offline and it didn’t save. Our night in Atlantic City was uneventful. We took hot showers and went to bed. It was hard to face another day of motoring in nonexistent wind the next morning. The boat was […]

Ahhh, finally tied up in a marina with some time to kill and their wireless isn’t working. Pictures will have to wait. It’s a good thing I have plenty of stories to tell! Lee and I are starting to look the part of wandering vagrant sailors. A woman working in the cafe I last posted […]