Merry Mac to Maine and Back to POW NY

We woke this morning at 5:30 so the sound of a neighboring boat starting his engines and preparing to leave. We needed to leave the dock ourselves at about 6:45 to get to Jamestown Boat Yard by 7:30. Our departure was a little tricky as we had to execute a 180...

We woke this morning at about 5:30 and slowly got ourselves organized. The forecast calls for a clear day with a NW breeze shifting more westerly. We left the dock at 7:00 and wound our way around Bassett's Island to get back into Buzzard's Bay. The wind is...

We arrived right on schedule at the entrance to the canal at 1:30 as the current shifted to the west. We had to fuel the jib to slow our speed in the last 45 minutes so we wouldn’t have to kill time waiting to enter but the wind was dying anyhow so it...

Once we had a strategy for replacing the pump we actually found a way to play with the switch on the current pump to pump into the holding tank. Yeah! No more sloshing and no more improvising. We had margaritas to celebrate at Mac's restaurant along with some...

We continued on into Ptown with good wind although we had to ‘improvise’ to answer nature’s call. Anyway we made it and tied up by 5:00 and started making phone calls to address our toilet pump issue. No help from anyone local in Ptown unfortunately and...

Well, things were going great and the sailing still is but we have a small problem with our toilet on board. For a week or so it hasn't allowed us to pump in raw sea water that is used to help fill the bowl. Now it is also no longer possible to pump out the...