June 2013 Although I grew up in northern New York state, my parents are both maniacs, that is from the state of Maine.  My father, being an art professor and having long periods of the summer free, would take the family back to Maine to visit relatives and take us tent camping on the coast. A…

Intuition Log – 17 June Thursday morning, 07 June, we were up to meet Pete Waterson at 0730 who stopped by to take our Raymarine autopilot head back for warranty service. It was good of him to stop by on short notice. After spending the day organizing and cleaning the boat and packing the Honda,…

Intuition Log – 06 June Noah worked hard Monday and Tuesday to finish his reviews and complete his final tests. Tuesday morning he completed the last exam! He built a fort in the salon out of sheets while we graded his exams. We’re happy to report that he did very well on all his tests.…

We awoke at Morehead City Yacht Basin to clearing skies and light winds. This was a contrast to the 30 kts of wind with 46 knot gusts that blew through last night. The only wind damage was to some of the stitching on the Bimini. Since we were out of cereal and we didn’t play…

Harbour Village, here in Hampstead, had very nice facilities and understood that cruiser’s want to get up and go. The dockmaster came back last night after hours to let us and another boat pay for the night so we could get going early on Saturday. Casting off at 0628 we were only a few minutes…