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oh sunburned back   Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted May 25, 2010 by Rachel in Uncategorized

Another windless passage   Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted May 21, 2010 by Rachel in Uncategorized

Jersey shore continued   Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted May 18, 2010 by Rachel in Uncategorized

Boat wakes, yacht clubs, and the Jersey shore   Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted May 17, 2010 by Rachel in Uncategorized

Hilarious video   Leave a comment

As Lee and I update Pirat one piece at a time, we admire the boat’s design and construction more and more. Of course it has its flaws, like any boat. Right now it looks like a ransacked wreck with the mast down and Amazon boxes of parts taking over down below. Tonight we rediscovered this […]

Posted March 27, 2010 by Rachel in Uncategorized