Author: Mark Haskell

Today’s blog is dedicated to Earl Quick (pictured in our little dinghy above) who diagnosed our radio email problem after working with us via phone and email since June. He stuck with us and finally isolated it to a cable.  We sent our first position report and email using Winlink this afternoon!  Noah even got…

We walked into Rock Hall to join in “Fall Fest” which is a craft and music festival in the center of town. It started with the local “Blues Brothers” followed by a barbershop chorus dressed as pirates. Clowns, jugglers, a mime, puppet shows and musicians kept Noah entertained most of the day. We did take…

This week has been spend at Gratitude Marina waiting for the 50 hour engine service. Today’s photo is a view of the Bay Bridge as seen from the marina. We did some cleaning and maintenance waiting for the technician to get to us. Today he adjusted the valves and realigned the engine and prop shaft.…

The Narrows We stayed in St Michaels long enough to go visit the library this morning. It was worth sticking around for as they had lots of children’s books for ten cents each. Can’t do better than that for restocking Noah’s library.  Now we need to find room to store two grocery bags full of…

After a very lumpy night at anchor, we woke up to a drizzly morning, but there was an unknown reward for a sleepless night. From our anchorage, we were treated to front row seats for the Sailing Canoe races. It is amazing to watch the crews tack these boats and hike out on boards over…

Today we did something different – went sailing. Just us and the wind and, as it turned out, a few friends. The day didn’t start so good, as we ran aground trying to get into a fuel dock in Selby Bay. Luckily it was just mud, so we motored off and decided to wait until…