Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
Bryan connected with fellow boaters John and Deb Rapp, a couple he had met in harbor at Cuttyhunk a couple years ago. They were traveling by land and happened to be not far away so arranged to pick us up to share an outdoor dinner with new friends of theirs. It was at the home […]
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Bryan and I are pull into harbor to play a couple tunes for you and catch up. I chat and share tunes with special guests every Monday at 7pm EST, live on both Facebook and YouTube–join me!
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
We offered, or should I say Bryan offered my services to make crepes de blé noir from our Acoustic Chef book for everyone. I had many sou-chefs and each chose their customization. The first one was rather disastrous until I found the right temperature on their ultra-hot electric stove. Then they got progressively more presentable. […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
We left the mooring near Allen Island towards Boothbay Harbor. There we had arranged to meet Bob Krist, Bryan’s friend and former boss in his early years of doing commercial photography. When we rowed to shore Bob was at the dock to meet us. He and Peggy have a condo overlooking Carousel Marina where we […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
Muscle ridge gave us a lovely sunrise, revealing at low tide an impressive number of rocks that are submerged and hidden at high tide. We abandoned one approach last night because it seemed there might be too many rocks and glad we did!En route to Allen island we went a bit south to get a […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
We had hoped to see Nick Apollonio while we were in Rockland—luthier, actor in Bryan’s vignette film, and our very first friend along the coast of Maine. However, today was a rare good sailing day so Nick seized the opportunity to set out and convene with the his sailboat. I enjoyed a morning of composing […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
We stopped back in at Rockland Harbor, Gordon Bok was away for some days so we tied up on his mooring. I walked to the gas station convenience store to get some provisions and was happy to find that they make pizza in the back. What a treat while we sat outside the visitors center […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
After a rather marginal pancake breakfast from a box that dated back to Bryan’s early years aboard the boat, we headed towards the White Islands. We anchored near a few other boats. Bryan redeemed himself by making the bruschetta from our Acoustic Chef book for lunch. Mmm. We rowed to shore to hike about and […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
Here is the link to a recent Acoustic Sailing episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkX0zsT0NgU I woke in the middle of the night to the sounds of two owls singing together. Bryan was not beside me, so since it was the night of the Perseod Meteor shower I figured he must have rowed out to the island to photograph […]
Categories: First Mate's Log 2021
I didn’t sleep much at all, as one mosquito after another from Pell island found her way into the boat’s cabin and insisted on buzzing around my head. In the morning during a short break in the fog Bryan and I went for a swim in the cold Maine water. That woke me up! Then […]
