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Rig test; Iridium GO; finding a southbound lane
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Rig test; Iridium GO; finding a southbound lane

While strong winds and cold temperatures descend upon the Chesapeake Bay, I am still testing out my new Dynice Dux rigging. This involves a sail up to Cartegena Creek on the Potomac river and then back to Deltaville, a trip of approximately 90 miles. In ...
  • Nov 28, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:46
Tuning the Rig
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Tuning the Rig

I decide to replace my lower shrouds with Dynice Dux before heading south, not wishing to push my luck with the 30+ year-old wire shrouds. Of course it's never so simple. Progress is hampered by inclement weather, and the fact that the Colligo thimbles f...
  • Nov 20, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:58
Never Trust a Cold Front in October
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Never Trust a Cold Front in October

Yeow! The cold front passes over me and is rather more ferocious than it looked on the weather maps. As the wind backs more westerly I am obliged to set some mainsail, otherwise I cannot steer close enough to the wind to keep to the rhumb line. So a lon...
  • Nov 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:29
The Many Faces of the Sea
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The Many Faces of the Sea

Very variable conditions persist for my passage south from Padanaram, MA to the Chesapeake Bay. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/search?q=how+to+sail+oceans WEBSITE: https://www.kevinboothbysailing.com TIP JAR: https://www.paypa...
  • Oct 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:56
Nothing like a gaffer off the wind … when there is wind
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Nothing like a gaffer off the wind … when there is wind

Not wanting to miss the wonderful Hadleys Harbor (MA), I pass up a weather window to head south to the Chesapeake Bay. This also affords another Ruth Avery vs. Charis race across Buzzards Bay on a near perfect sailing day. Another weather window arrive...
  • Oct 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:37
Carburetor Blues and the Eth Lab
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Carburetor Blues and the Eth Lab

Race day! Ruth Avery of Brunswick and Charis of Boston weigh anchor from Tarpaulin Cove, and their skippers make sail for the 15-mile run to Padanaram, South Dartmouth. The race begins with a fierce 4-mile beat to windward, followed by a reach across B...
  • Oct 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:20
Let the Bulgine Run
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Let the Bulgine Run

An autumnal chill descending upon Maine prompts me to complete the installation of the diesel heater I began back in May. And then it is time to turn her snout south before the onset of winter ... HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/s...
  • Oct 04, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:29
Frankenstein’s Secret (an essay)
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Frankenstein’s Secret (an essay)

Could a computer become conscious? Could a future Dr. Frankenstein unleash a technologically created living being upon the world? Or do living things have some particular essence of which man-made machines are necessarily bereft? For a full transcript v...
  • Sep 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:33:49
Got whiskers on my chin, and I like the mood I’m in.
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Got whiskers on my chin, and I like the mood I’m in.

The remains of Hurricane Ida bring some wind and rain, but fair weather returns the following day. I row ashore and take a hike into Boothbay and a bit beyond to Hannaford's supermarket. Then it's back around Cape Small to the Basin ( a new favorite anch...
  • Sep 18, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:11
The Coast of Maine: Pretty but Challenging
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The Coast of Maine: Pretty but Challenging

It is nearly September and the hard dodger is complete, so it's time to cast off the mooring hawser and head out on a short cruise up the Maine coast. Even with the help of my 3.5hp outboard, Maine presents many challenges to the engineless or under power...
  • Sep 10, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:58
Building a Hard Dodger, Part 2
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Building a Hard Dodger, Part 2

I pick up where I left off in Part 1, which is attaching the roof. Following that a complete coating with epoxy is on order, before I apply primer and paint. Then it's time to fasten the dodger to the boat, and--most important of all!--figure out where t...
  • Aug 28, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:07
Building a Hard Dodger, Part 1
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Building a Hard Dodger, Part 1

While visiting my parents here in Maine I also carry on with my project list. The truth is that I did not complete all of my projects during my last haulout--shocking, I know. The next big project is to construct a hard dodger to shelter the companionway...
  • Aug 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:10:57
On a Slow Boat to Harpswell
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On a Slow Boat to Harpswell

A pleasant crossing of the Gulf of Maine is punctuated by a surprise thunderstorm which has me scrambling to take in sail. Then it's a return to light and baffling winds, swift tidal currents and--as we are now in Maine--numerous rocks and ledges to keep...
  • Aug 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:49
The Storm Passes, the Adventures Continue
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The Storm Passes, the Adventures Continue

Tropical Storm Elsa has passed and pleasant summer weather returns. As do the weekend boaters, making for some challenges sailing out of the confined waters of Hadley Harbor on a Sunday afternoon. Then it's back around to Vineyard Sound through Quick's H...
  • Jul 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:07
Sail Fast or Elsa
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Sail Fast or Elsa

Following unplanned water landing of my Phantom drone, I get a wild, current-swept ride around West Chop into Vineyard Haven. The row ashore doesn't disappoint, however, in a harbor where schooners and wooden boats abound. I also meet up with my friend ...
  • Jul 22, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:05
You Cannot Sail to a Schedule
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You Cannot Sail to a Schedule

From Virginia to Maine, offshore, is run of just under 600 miles. So about a week I told myself. Not unrealistic either, as the prevailing southwesterlies during the summer months would make for reaching and running the entire way. And it started off li...
  • Jul 13, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:40
The prevailing winds are fair … when you get to them.
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The prevailing winds are fair … when you get to them.

I put my outboard motor arrangement to the test with getting me out of the narrow, winding channel to Jackson Creek. Then comes the next test, which is removing both the outboard motor and bracket in preparation for heading offshore. Fair southwesterly w...
  • Jul 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:13
Installing an engine?
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Installing an engine?

I add a pair of lifeline stanchions forward to increase foredeck security, and learn how to create cargo netting for beneath the bowsprit. Then it's on to an engineering problem as I attempt to mount the 3.5hp dinghy motor so that it can push the boat as ...
  • Jun 22, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:43
Turning Up the Heat
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Turning Up the Heat

Work, work, work. I replace my Force 10 two-burner propane stove, make some repairs to the boom, and install a SIG 100 (Dickinson) diesel heater. Except that I still haven't worked out how to get diesel to it, but I have until October to figure that out...
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:25
I change my mind on batteries
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I change my mind on batteries

It's haulout time and the list is long! So let's get started ... HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/search?q=how+to+sail+oceans WEBSITE: https://www.kevinboothbysailing.com TIP JAR: https://www.paypal.me/KevinBoothby MUSIC: Cats...
  • Jun 03, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:14
Alone Around the Atlantic (2020-21)
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Alone Around the Atlantic (2020-21)

Pandemic or no, blow high, blow low, we're going! This is the story of my solo voyage around the North Atlantic ocean in 2020-21. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/search?q=how+to+sail+oceans WEBSITE: https://www.kevinboothbysaili...
  • May 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:43:45
And … and the Circle is Closed
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And … and the Circle is Closed

Our stay in the Cape Lookout Bight is a short one, as it appears to be unsafe to remain anchored there with a gale system forecast to move off of the coast in a few days. And Cape Hatteras does not disappoint. We get headwinds just after rounding, which ...
  • May 03, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:14
Northbound in April, the meteorological variety show
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Northbound in April, the meteorological variety show

On the final leg of this voyage around the North Atlantic, it's easy to get complacent. But there are no easy streets on the seaways, only an endlessly changing ocean to challenge--or torment-- the ragman. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritim...
  • Apr 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:27
Forty miles with a meter under the keel
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Forty miles with a meter under the keel

Unable to reach the Northwest Channel before nightfall I decide on yet one more stop, a small anchorage behind Chub Cay. I depart early the following morning and reach the Bahama Bank around 1000hrs, and from there follow the 40-mile run from the Russell ...
  • Apr 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:41
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