When traveling the high seas in a 64 year old boat, it is great if your sailing companion is not only a good captain, but an expert woodworker, engineer, and mechanic. Luckily, my husband is all of those things. He’s also very attentive to my coffee needs. Another bonus! After tying up at Black Dog Wharf, Joe topped off the fuel in the engine and then checked the oil. It didn’t register on the dipstick so he walked to the Shell station and got some oil to add to the engine. He had to add 6.5 quarts of oil which could only mean one thing. We were leaking some serious…
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Our Passage from Chatham to Vineyard Haven
Close your eyes and imagine all the romantic notions you have about sailing. Then take a big bucket of salt water and throw it in your face. Do that over and over again for about 6 hours. That was our passage from Chatham to Vineyard Haven. As any smart sailor does, we checked the tides in advance with the Eldridge guide and the wind on our SailFlow app. We knew we were in for a crappy ride, but we had a long leg planned for Monday (Vineyard Haven to Block Island) and that day the wind was going to be perfect. So we decided to go for it, figuring we…
