A beautiful anchorage
We have been slowly making our way down the upper reaches of the Chesapeake towards Annapolis, where we will stop for provisions, laundry and the Boat Show – the biggest sailboat show in the USA. Meanwhile we have been travelling a couple of hours each morning and catching up on school and maintenance in the […]
Delaware City
Here we are in the metropolis that is Delaware City. It seems that the founders of this rather nice little village had aspirations, or at least good marketing skills, for Delaware City is a small, tidy waterfront main street and a few homes, then the nearby oil refinery which seems to be what people do […]
Great sailing
We’re making fast progress down the Jersey Shore towards Atlantic City. The wind is a good force five and it’s coming from forward of the beam, meaning that we’re making progress towards the wind. Normally this is hard work, but today it’s just at the right angle to go fast and, most importantly, it’s blowing […]
At sea once again
So I have left New York Harbor, but Gesa and the kids remain in the city. Let me explain. We are off to cruise in the Chesapeake Bay for a month of so before returning to the Caribbean. The trip from NYC to the Chesapeake involves about a hundred and eighty miles of sailing along […]
New York Photos – 2
All being self-explanatory, really.
New York photos – 1
-The UN building, source of most of our stress – Underneath the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, that speck is the Statue of Liberty – The Brooklyn Bridge. Cue theme from ‘Taxi’ if you’re of that vintage – The tip of Manhattan, Battery Park and the ferry docks
Yes Sir, Mr President.
We had finally made it through Hell Gate, the East River and round the tip of Manhattan. Our anchorage was in sight, beside the Statue of Liberty. It had been a long, stressful trip, but we weren’t there yet. A coastguard boat comes racing over and motors alongside. A crew member leans out of the […]
Today, Long Island Sound – Tomorrow…
Here we are in Port Washington, at the Eastern end of Long Island. We’ve had a good couple of days in Greenwich, and before that Port Jefferson. I’ll try to write about those at some point but right now we are off for an earlyish night because tomorrow is a big day. We’re getting up […]
Essex
Far from the Essex county of olde Englande, this Essex is a little village on the banks of the Connecticut River. Weaving our way up a narrow channel in a wide river, under a railway drawbridge and a high road bridge, Max just loved it. We could hardly see through the mist and occasional rain […]
Playdate!
The kids meet few other children out here, school is back now and the beaches are empty of playmates so when we bumped into a six year old girl on the dock at Block Island, I said Hi to her Mum, busy filling water canisters just as we were. ‘This is Isabelle’, she says, ‘she’s […]