With the ending of sailing season upon us and Añejo on the the dock to get ready for haul out, there are a few things the Captain and I...

If you have read our blog before you know I love the schooners and love schoonerfest weekend even more. Last weekend was The 39th Schoonerf

Last weekend Birch and I took a mini vacation north. We traveled to Newburyport, Portsmouth, and Rockport. We do frequent Newburyport,...

We took an overnight to Marblehead ... We decided we needed a break from Gloucester and wanted to go away overnight some where, we didn't...

Our last sail on the Mediterranean Our last sail in the Mediterranean was one of the best sails we had all week. Don't get me wrong all...

Our flotilla went to Capri but we decided not to and stayed in Amalfi one more night so as not to be rushed around, and if we might not...

Like I said in my last post, we were going to leave and head to Capri but things changed. While in the skippers meeting we heard that...

We woke up in Sorrento and got a pretty good start to the day. Today we spent most of the day on the water sailing down the coast to...

I will start by saying that we finished our trip in Sorrento so there will be much more to say about it later. When we pulled into this...

Let the sailing adventure begin. Our first sail was to the west side of Ischia another island I had never heard of but did not disappoint....

When we arrived in Procida we found out our boat's name was Filomeane and it would be our home for the next week as we sailed around the...

In the middle of talking about our trip to Italy, though I would give you all an update on Añejo, since this is the reason we are all...

This did not go as planned ... We are now back from our "Trip of a Lifetime" to Italy, and our plan was to blog everyday, and talk about...

Every spring we take a few days to get Añejo ready to splash in the water for the season. There is so much to do to get a sailboat ready...

A few weeks ago I spoke of the End of our Season but this year the end took much longer than we expected. We took the dodger and the...

When we purchased Anejo a couple years ago, she came with her own cover. Which means we didn't have to pay for shrink wrap again, we...

It seems every year we get one really bad storm in October that has heavy rain and high winds. Rain that you go out in and need to wear...

This week our season has come to an end, and the other day we moved Anejo off her mooring and to Cape Ann Marina for winter storage....

A Weekend in Marblehe

The other day we had an All Day Around Cape Ann Charter and the young ladies on board wanted to know what all the parts of the sailboat...