Sustainable Cruising

Our Chesapeake Bay sailing adventure has officially come to an end. It was a wonderful journey, but responsibilities and reality have returned. We both resumed work yesterday and are picking back up where we left off. We still have another…

We keep track of a number of things in our ship’s log. We like to look at total days on the boat, number of days we sail, number of motoring days, number of times we anchor, and number of nights…

We were back at our home dock at a good hour this morning, after a nice sail south out of the bay. We put in some time weeding the garden this morning, but lots more to do around the house.…

We had hoped to meet up with friends in Malletts Bay this evening, but the BTV recreational forecast was updated with a lake thunderstorm advisory this morning. We took a shorter journey today, and came to Sledrunner Bay. Great west…

We had a great evening in Vergennes last night, running into old friends, and making new ones. The wind forecasts changed a bit today, so our plans did as well. We’d hoped to make more progress north, but decided on…

One of our favorite Lake Champlain destinations isn’t actually on the lake. Seven miles on Otter Creek takes you to the falls at Vergennes, a great boating destination. Well maintained free docks here make it the perfect spot to visit…

On Tuesday we picked up some boating essentials (cheese/bread/etc…) and headed out. A north wind helped us down to Converse Bay, one of our favorite overnight spots on Lake Champlain. The sun is still out, so we went for a…

After a busy Saturday catching up with friends and going to the Flynn Theater, we put in some time at home. Mowing and weeding and airing things out … overall everything was in pretty good shape. Plenty of cleaning to…

To be clear, the voyage is not over! Or that is what we keep telling ourselves. We still have nine days before our employers expect us to be back, but we’re visiting our home port a bit early. There are…

I think this was the first time on our trip that we missed posting for two days. Poor cell service is to blame, but we’re getting caught up. Yesterday we spent the full day and night in Kingsland Bay. We…