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Travel Under Way

Chesapeake Bound

We debated whether to make our next stop the Chesapeake or go offshore straight to Norfolk, VA. Skipping the Chesapeake entirely would save us a few weeks, but we had both really been looking forward to some Chesapeake sailing. Our original plan was to stay for the Annapolis boat show, but that would have had […]

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Ashore Travel

Cape May, NJ

Our time in Cape May was amazing. The old Victorian homes along the waterfront and Washington Street bring to mind a combination of Oak Bluffs and the New Orleans Garden District, but it truly has its own character. There’s a neat little open air market at the end of Washington Street, and along the inland […]

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Travel Under Way

Offshore

It was a gray morning when we hauled anchor, but as we got under way, the sun started to break through the clouds. It felt so strange to be leaving our home waters of the past eight years – pulling out into the Sound and seeing Execution for the last time, passing Stepping Stones and City […]

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Travel Under Way

Cast off the lines

We spent yesterday finishing all the last-minute errands, provisioning, organizing, and making sure we had everything we’d need for the next eight months. I took the day off from work and even so, I felt like I barely had time to get everything done. We left Huguenot for the last time this season in a […]