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 [...]

21 July 2021

Final Trolls

21 July 2021

Trolls

Oak Bluffs/Edgartown

17 August 2019
Laurie Thigpen
We had our final stroll around Oak Bluffs yesterday and then motor sailed to Edgartown. It was just an hour trip, so no big deal.
The only thing I remember about our previous trip to Etown was being on the bow with Gigi, waving frantically to Walter Cronkite and eating ice-cream at Mad Martha's ice-cream shop! Also, I remember the long bike ride to see the infamous Chappaquiddick bridge. I would love to hear Gigi's version of this trip! Gigi, are you reading this?
Yesterday was quiet here. Had to walk to a hardware store to get a part for Frank to make yet another repair. That was rather funny. First, Frank kept calling hardware stores asking for a "rivet gun". He was greeted with shocked silence. I believe these clerks thought he was a member of he NRA and almost hung up on him! Finally, he found someone who knew what a rivet gun was. When we were checking out, this young girl told Frank that she always wanted to know how those guns worked. She was absolutely fascinated as Frank told her, in detail how a rivet gun rivets!! I believe Frank would still be there talking to her if I hadn't intervened!! On the walk home we found a place to have a beer amidst the million of fudge and ice-cream shops. For the first time this trip, we have fog! Frank's working on a broken hatch and I have FINALLY caught up with this log!
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