Gone With The Wind
| Vessel Name: | White Wings |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Catalina |
| Hailing Port: | Mount Pleasant, SC |
| Crew: | Laurie and Frank Thigpen |
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28 July 2021
Travel to Tashmoo Lake
We departed Marblehead and motor sailed to Plymouth, MA. As we were sailing past Boston and down the coast, we couldn't help but notice the haze. Then, when we were anchoring, we saw this incredible SUN. This is not your typical "red sky at night, as sailor's delight". It looked more like a rising full [...]
26 July 2021
Marblehead
As I mentioned, Marblehead has become one of our favorite cruising destinations this year. We arrived Saturday) of their big "Race Week". We knew it was going to be crowded and we also new that it was going to be rainy on Sunday. So, we dropped the DINGHY in the water, mounted the engine, changed our [...]
24 July 2021
Isle of Shoals
So, we left Maine today (sniff). We spent our last night in Isle of Shoals. It's a wonderful little atoll about 10 miles off the coast. A couple of the islands are in Maine and a couple of the islands are in NEW HAMPSHIRE!
22 July 2021
This Ole Boat
Old is a relative term. Twenty eight years old doesn't sound too bad by my standards, but for a sailboat that has spent its 28 years in the corrosive environment of salt water, 28 years is older than dirt! Everything metallic (think engine, transmission, mast, cooktop, oven etc, etc) is subject to corrosion [...]
Green Turtle Cay
Another fun thing...a friend if my sister, Carrie, has a house here and has very kindly reached out to us. We hope to have cocktails with them this evening, if the weather holds and maybe a spin around on their golf cart!
Well, the really big news is that we think we really might have a good weather window to cross over to the U.S.A.! It's looking very likely that we'll get to leave Wednesday or Thursday for Charleston. It's a 330 mile trip and it should take us around 50 hours (that's two full days for all you Alabama grads!). I'll firm all that up later.
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