All Hands On Deck   Adventures on land and at sea

I have been thinking and writing a lot over the past couple weeks about what I miss about life on the mainland. That partly means Denver life and partly Rhode Island marina life. In both places, I relied on many routines but also had access to more of a variety of activities and resources. I […]

Annapolis and Washington D.C. Someone recently described what Lee and I are doing as a permanent vacation. I agreed at the time but that’s not really an accurate description. Most days we are so busy doing things that need to get done or actively sailing the boat that we don’t have time for vacationesque activities. […]

Sailing with Jeff Chestertown and back to Baltimore Baltimore 1 Last night I was sitting in Pirat’s cockpit, listening to a street performer and music from the fountain on Baltimore’s inner harbor waterfront. Both of these soundtracks became very annoying. The street performer DJ plays the same song for his robot/mime to dance to over […]

Sailing into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor last week brought on lots of “ooh”s, “ahh”s, and “look!”s. It was amazing to be able to anchor or dock right in the middle of the city. We tied up to the city docks, which are quite inexpensive for what they are, where you are, and compared to everywhere else […]

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 […]