Just about a half-hour’s sail from Mystic is Fishers Island, a place with great renown but one that neither of us had ever been to...

Too often residents do not really take part in the cultural and historical aspects of their hometowns, and Norma is guilty of that. She...

Six days anchorage in the Mystic River was a real treat for me to visit family—an overnight at my son Ivan’s house and fresh showers and...

On Sunday, a weather forecaster predicted (as one was heard to say), “There will be a 100% chance of rain on Sunday.” Well, Sunday on...

On Thursday, with a big weekend of wind and rain almost upon us, we were happy to be moored safely away in North Cove in Old Saybrook,...

(Norma) Back pain is a real pain when living on a boat (or any other time -Allen.) So knowing that Yale New Haven Hospital was there, I...

Cruising sailors without a car are facing an ever increasing challenge: finding a place to refill their propane tanks. Many propane...

We had a nice sail South from Stamford to Port Jefferson and made a right turn to go along the sand bar and back into Conscience Bay. ...

"Paddling or Trolling" I asked Norma on Wednesday morning. We were anchored near the mooring field at Echo Bay outside of New Rochelle,...

We Eat Really Well on the Boat: Provisioning for Afterglow has become a welcome chore as we move from town to town along the New York...

Just over the (low) bridge from Orchard Beach ("The Riviera of the Bronx") lies City Island, Bronx, New York. With Eastchester Bay to...

After having such a good time in Brooklyn, anchoring off of City Island is a good way for us to relax more, catch up on our blog, and...

When our new sailing friends, Jim and Christine on Midnight Sun, told us about Atlantic Highlands at Sandy Hook, NJ, where they once...

Our trip from Cape May  to Atlantic City was all motoring—no real wind until we got to Atlantic City fairway which had lots of ocean...

I'm writing this on the eve of our departure from AMCYC. Tomorrow our adventure begins (albeit with a two-day haul out). Norma posted...

The first moment I laid eyes on our boat’s red-cushioned salon, full galley, and full-size stateroom , I fell in love. No other boat that...

I took this picture of Norma in her pink kayak last Sunday after a short paddle to Ego Alley. We enjoyed the neighboring marinas,...

You are probably thinking something like "Wow, it has been a hot minute since Allen and Norma posted to their blog." Well, since...

I am sitting in Allen's mom's dining area waiting out the ice storm that prevents us from going to our home two very long hills and about...

We had a really nice overnight visit with Rick and Jenny Jacobson in Eugene, OR. Rick is Allen's best friend from high School in Los...