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We’ve made our share of mistakes. If you say you’ve never been aground you’re either lying or you’ve never been anywhere! ?

We are acutely aware of the difference between 6’ sea A and 6’ sea Z. Please read post #24 above.

OK, I’ll elaborate a little in the conditions here. We had been suffering through a hot, humid air mass all week, with near-record highs in the high 80s with 100% humidity and dense fog. Hurricane Maria had been churning up the coast, driving up tropical moisture and large ocean swells. As of...

All very sensible. :):thumb: Love the sandwich-without-bread thing. I use whole steamed collard leaves which are really sturdy, and sturdy lettuce or romaine in a pinch. In spite of what Bruce suggests, I’m not a vegetarian. I just really like veggies and some fruit, and I eat very little...

Eggs are simultaneously the easiest and trickiest things to cook. I love eggs every which way, and have worked hard to understand the countless different ways to cook them, and the countless variations on how to execute any given method. How to boil? How to poach? How to scramble? Toss any...

All that sounds excellent. Bruce tends to find a way that he likes something (in this case, asparagus, grilled, with s&p and EVOO) and wants to repeat it forever. I, on the other hand, like to try something different each and every time. :rofl:

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm: : :):):)

What about The Plate? https://www.choosemyplate.gov

In response to the OP. Bruce pretty much summed up why we do our blog. First, the new build, kind of a no brainer. Second, now that we are cruising, it's mainly to keep our friends and family posted on where we are and what we are doing, plus our own record of our activities (so we don't...

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

Ok. So Bruce wants the meal described. First, really basic but excellent quality stabler chicken breasts on the grill. No fuss no frillz. Perfectly grilled by Hiz Highness. Second, a big tangle of zucchini noodles from zucc's straight from a fellow AT owner's garden. Sautéed onions in a...

Ha! Someone besides my Mother reads my blog posts! :socool:

Have to share the visit we had this morning aboard our AT-395 while sitting at Wooden Boat in the rain and fog in Brooklin, Maine. Ruth and Herb are the crew of the American Tug 365 "Ancient Mariners" and they are totally awesome and totally cool. Herb is 99 and Ruth is 91. They came over to...

Keep us posted! We'll be not far behind you.

I see "the loop" you refer to. Looks like fun. Of course, if battleships can do it, I guess we can. Also wondering about running farther north, towards or to Augusta.

My husband BruceB spent several years as a child living on the river in Hallowell, just south of Augusta. That's one reason he'd like to do the run on our boat now. Good to know that folks are doing it, and that we might also.

My husband and I have cruised the coast of Maine for twenty years with sailboats. There were some things we could not do with a seven-foot draft. Now that our draft is 3.5 ft, we are looking at doing some fresh new stuff. Has anyone done a run up the Kennebec? We draw 3.5, are about 40 ft...

More great info. Thanks to everyone who is contributing. I'm certain the new owner of the Willard will be grateful.

This is great info, folks. Thank you! I guess next time we need a thrill we'll head to Seymours... I had no idea you could run north through the east river. This is also good info for me and Bruce. We expect to run south down the ICW either this year or next, then head north up the Hudson...

My parents just sold their Willard 40. The buyer, who is from the PNW, is picking up the boat next week in Narragansett Bay, heading down Long Island Sound to NYC where he has family flying in to LaGuardia, then he will go up the Hudson to the Erie Canal. He is looking for local knowledge to...

Can anyone provide a chart or google sat screenshot of where this saga is unfolding? I'm having trouble understanding why an able bodied person, in a dinghy at a marina fuel dock, with oars, needs to call a marine rescue service.

When we decided to do this yesterday Bruce insisted that we spell out AT. When I hauled the flags out of the bag they were, actually, in the proper "prescribed sequence" from the last time we used them on our previous boat. I had to break them all apart and sort through them all to get the new...

Esmeralde is! Block Island, RI. What do the code flags spell (starboard side, left/stern to right/bow).

Next stop on the East Coast shakedown cruise: historic Mystic, Connecticut. https://brucebeard.com/2017/06/25/first-east-coast-cruise-part-2-mystic-seaport/

We're cruising again - back in our home waters for the first time with the new tug. https://brucebeard.com/2017/06/24/first-east-coast-cruise-block-island/