Category Archives: Sailing

Sailing

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  In Praise of Vulnerability…

  Posted on September 29, 2013 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

  s/v Alchemy leaving Rockland Harbor, ME for Onset, MA Photograph care of Patricia Thompson aboard s/v Equus.   I have been attempting to recreate some of our passages, both coastal and offshore in the Ocean, so I can share them with blog readers in writing. I am amazed at how truly different each one is […]

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  “The Certainty of Misery or the Misery of Uncertainty”

  Posted on July 28, 2013 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing, Simplify.

    Upon arriving in Annapolis and anchoring in Spa Creek we were greeted the next morning by Stanley on a nicely maintained aluminum work boat; ‘Dockmaster’ emblazoned on it side in big letters. Stanley is tall, thin, fit and philosophical. He introduced himself, asked for our phone number and any other pertinent contact information and […]

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  New Sails…

  Posted on February 22, 2013 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

    There is nothing quite like the feeling of being carried along the face of the Ocean, aboard a well designed sailboat, under solely the power of the wind.  It is a sustainable mode of transportation.  We made our way to and from, and all around the Bahama Cays last winter sailing the majority of […]

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  Back in the Water…

  Posted on February 2, 2013 by Gretchen in Boat Repair, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

    The quote above on the fortune cookie is snappy.  John Augustus Shedd was waxing philosophy when he wrote it but I can tell you through experience it isn’t a quote that can stand up to reality.  I find there are so many heady sayings like this that roll off the tongue but quickly under […]

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  Winter Migration drawing to a close…

  Posted on December 7, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

  Living here in Oriental this Fall and Winter has given us a new perspective of the Cruiser’s Winter Migration South. Last year, we participated in it the first time aboard s/v Alchemy, while this year we have watched the mass-maritime-exodus for points South from ashore.  While there have been the moments here and there I […]

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  Just another day at the yard….

  Posted on December 4, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

  Boats are still coming and going as the migration South continues…new friends to be made both of the human variety and the canine variety.  In one corner of the yard the boat that has been in the process of being built that I posted in one of my first blog entries has now been covered […]

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  ‘There are big ships, and small ships. But the best ship of all is Friendship’

  Posted on November 13, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

    O.K., so I know it is cliche and hokey, but the title of this blog entry is oh, so true… Proceeding my most depressing blog entry to date that I posted last week, I was messaged by Brittany of s/v Asante.  She is the creator of the blog I referenced in last week’s blog […]

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  Cruising – Is it just a Selfish Pursuit?

  Posted on November 13, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.

  I was basking in the sunlight of my friend’s vehicle as we made our way to the largest shopping area in the tri-county area outside of Beaufort, N.C. last week.  The sun was out after multiple grey, cold North Carolina Fall days and her offer of a day of girl’s lunch out and window shopping […]

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  Broken Heads and Cockroach Cookies…

  Posted on November 9, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized, Writing.

    It is November…the day after election day.  I have never been so lack luster about an election in my life…It just feels like this country is so divided, and in a time when we need to be the most united, and it is hard to believe anyone, even Superman, could turn all of it […]

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  Dreaming in Blue…

  Posted on September 29, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing.

    This week has been filled with running around with boat parts brimming from our car and truck…taking our teak table to our friend Tipper who will be repairing the fracture from the air conditioner that landed on it during the ‘no name storm’, our friend’s boat’s port lights that need to be replaced, and […]

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