Southern New England Sailing

This boating season feels choppy – back and forth to the boat, family fun, with a few medical things tossed in to make planning a challenge. In mid-May we had a shakedown overnight to West Harbor on Fishers Island. Everything … Continued

By mid-September you can feel the boating season slowly ending so most of us try to grasp whatever is left. WE have to balance that desire with the knowledge that if one waits too long before hauling out, the winter … Continued

With a September birthday, we are almost always on the boat for it. For the day, and often for a whole week, at my request. September is a lovely month for boating. Fewer boats and people and some of the … Continued

We were hoping and hoping that the weather and sea conditions would allow us to make a stop at Menemsha. We anchor outside in Menemsha Bight and that is only possible with calm seas and winds in the right direction. … Continued

We left Edgartown and headed to Lake Tashmoo, a lovely pond on the west side of Vineyard Haven. We have made Tashmoo a frequent stop on our cruises. For many years we were able to anchor in the back of … Continued

We left Nantucket at noon on Sunday, August 18 and arrived in Edgartown around 3:30 pm, a 25 nautical mile trip. We were assigned a mooring way back at the end of the field, #86. It’s a longer ride to … Continued

Thursday, August 15 and time to move on to another harbor. After a crew meeting to discuss the weather and sea conditions we all agreed that we should shoot over to Nantucket for a couple of days. I just revisited … Continued

Time to catch up on our summer cruising because I am woefully behind on blog posts. Having too much fun?? Our plan was to begin our longer cruising in early August starting around our anniversary. Plans are meant to be … Continued