Gimme Shelter
Here we are at Manhansackahaquashawamock, as the locals used to call it before those pesky Europeans came along and renamed it Shelter Island. That’s progress, see, easier place names. The island offers sheltered harbours and during the 1660’s it was also a shelter for persecuted Quaker refugees from elsewhere in New England. That’s also progress, […]
Old sailing photos
Issie’s been sailing with us almost since birth – for those who haven’t seen these before, a few photos from six years ago, sailing on Grandpa’s yacht, then our 29 foot race boat, Rosie III, and some drinking training too.
Racing!
As you might recall, one reason for staying in Martha’s Vineyard a little longer was to go racing with my friend, Fred, who lives there and has a twenty-six foot boat. Now racing takes many forms, from casual to professional, but it is universally true that where two or more sailboats travel in the same […]
Storm in a teacup
You’ll be glad to know that Hurricane Hanna became Tropical Storm Hanna and by the time she got to Massachusetts it was Mildly Windy Hanna. We came into the inner harbour, behind the breakwater, to be sheltered and on a mooring buoy for the night. That made it much easier to get on and of […]
More from Martha’s Vineyard
Photos, being: – Whaling memorial, Edgartown – The Edgartown lighthouse – The famous Aquinnah Cliffs, where the native Wampanoag legend tells of a great chief killing whales by dashing them on the cliffs, their blood causing the red coloration of the rocks. – Max at Aquinnah Cliffs
Hanging out on the Vineyard
We’ve never stayed in one harbour this long! Here we are, a week in Martha’s Vineyard and enjoying the delights of this little island, made doubly enjoyable by the fact that we have friends who live here, and the tourist season is all but over as kids return to school and September begins. We always […]
Blogging by ferry
This is our current wifi access – the Martha’s Vineyard ferry! We are anchored in the outer harbor at Vineyard Haven so the ferries go tramping past every hour or so. It turns out that the ships have free on board wifi access for passengers, and when they go past we can pick it up […]
Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Plantation had been highly recommended to us, and we had high hopes especially as Plymouth itself was turning out to be so-so in our experience. Our high hopes were met, in fact exceeded by this superb museum / recreation of both the original colony and a typical native village of the time. From the […]
Plymouth
Plymouth is, according to the various guides, a ‘must do’ stop in New England. The cradle of the nation, the place where the famed pilgrims built their settlement and joined with the Indians in the first Thanksgiving. Little remains of the early town, the oldest elements are probably at least a hundred years after that […]
South to the Cape Cod Canal
Things are going to be a little out of sequence, because on the other computer I’ve got text and pictures ready to post about Plymouth but that needs wifi. Meanwhile, let’s tell you a little about our travels since then. Right now were are in a gorgeous little harbour called Barnstaple. We’re anchored in the […]