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I started writing this blog in 2018 before acquiring a boat or knowing much about sailing. This is a testimony of the power of intentions. I got my first boat for free, and my current one for less than the cost of a used compact car.

Bahamas, Destinations, Sailing

Crossing the Gulf Stream

On February 26th 2022 my friend Benjamin Whiting of the Flying Spur met me in Fort Laureldale to  do the Gulf Stream crossing to the Bahamas with me, we started...

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Aeolus Refit - Cape Dory 27
Boat Refit and Repairs, Sailing

The Refit of the Cape Dory 27...

Aeolus Refit my main purpose in stopping in Georgia was to meet circumnavigator James Baldwin of Atom Voyages and ask him to work on my boat. I had already done...

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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Destinations, Sailing

Sailing From Atlantic City To Cape May

Th evening of October 26, looking at the weather report for October 27 2021, I was not so keen on getting back on the Atlantic to go to Cape May....

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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Destinations, Sailing

Sailing from City Island to Atlantic City

The departure was scheduled for 10/24 because my friend John B, had to work all of Saturday, but the weather predictions where changing and if we hoped to get a...

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East Coast
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Route and weather planning from New York...

The plan is to leave on the first weather window from October 24th 2021 in order to go to Norfolk, VA and take the ICW.  The ICW, or intracoastal waterway,...

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Long Island Sound, Sailing

Aeolus

Cape Dory 27 – Hull # 48 – Aeolus After sailing Anarchy for a wonderful season on the long island sound, I had a growing desire for something more comfortable...

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Merit-25 Sailboat -Anarchy
Long Island Sound, Sailing

Sailing on Anarchy

Anarchy is a  Merit 25, this boats very popular on the West Coast. Fast racing boat not dissimilar from the J25, they are as fast but not as wet. A sailor...

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temperatures along the AICW
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Destinations, Sailing

Temperatures in October and November along the...

Temperatures in October and November along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway As I get closer to my departure date at the end of October, I wanted to check out the average...

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Destinations, Long Island Sound, Sailing

A free SailBoat! Anarchy

April 2019 I put it out there in the universe and I got It. I received a free boat. A beautiful Merit 25 sailboat was donated to me by the...

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Sailing

The Origins – La Goletta “Aurora”

The Origins    – Aurora One reason why I’m so in love with boating is that my father for a short period had a beautiful Schooner. My father Wilson Chelo,...

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