We enjoyed our time in Portsmouth/Norfolk, and it felt SO good to finally be cruising again. We took a day off to explore, but being a Monday, EVERYTHING was closed. Even still, we had fun walking around, grabbing lunch at Grain and stopping in at Prince Books. The rest of the week flew by, and […]
We didn’t have particularly good luck with weather this fall. The first weekend we could have left, Hurricane Fiona was off the coast, and the following weekend, the remnants of Ian came up and and sat off the coast for a few days. While we don’t maintain schedule, the colder, shorter days were a constant […]
We’ve been quiet since we got back, but we’ve been keeping busy! Our time in New York has absolutely flown by, and we’re just waiting for weather to cooperate to cast off the lines once more. While we’ve been here, we’ve made a lot of changes. We closed on the sale of our beloved Silent […]
I was talking to a friend who’s relatively new to sailing about how much racing improved my sailing skills, and I mentioned that I wouldn’t have had the confidence to cruise to The Bahamas had I not raced. The lessons I’ve learned about sailing an efficient course and always looking for that little bit more […]
We were excited to finally leave Deltaville after five weeks. After what felt like an eternity, we closed on Windara and began the whirlwind process of moving aboard. Saturday afternoon, we cast off the lines to continue our journey home. Our shakedown to Annapolis turned up a few issues that the survey hadn’t but also […]
With this being our final weekend on Silent Sky, we wanted to squeeze every second out of it, and I’d call it a success. With a single reef in the sails in 15-20kts of breeze, I fell off onto a broad reach headed across the Bay. It had been breezy for a while, and as […]
Chesapeake Bay sailing is AMAZING, and I’m officially jealous of any of you for whom this is home base. We had a slow morning on anchor in Jackson Creek, and as a very faint breeze filled in, we got under way. It was just enough to get us moving under sail but with only a […]
Since we’re here for a bit, we’re taking advantage of the opportunity to cruise the Chesapeake. One of the things I love about cruising Long Island Sound is that you can just go out and sail without a specific plan and choose a destination based on wind – and that’s true here too… there are […]
It didn’t make sense to sail Silent Sky to New York and then have to turn right back around and pick up Windara. But I’d been looking forward to spending the summer at home, and with the delays in the process, I felt like we were missing so much. We decided to rent a car […]
While we’ve been in Deltaville, you’ll notice we haven’t been posting, but we’re finally ready to share some big news. We’ve made the INCREDIBLY difficult decision to sell our beloved Silent Sky and move up to a bigger boat. We absolutely LOVE this lifestyle, and we both agreed pretty early on in the trip that […]