Our unsuspecting crew joined us early Saturday morning for a late summer overnight cruise from NYC to Cape May. After the usual safety briefing, we entered New York Harbor heading towards the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. That was about the last I saw of everyone as the seas kicked up and the wind continued to build. Jason, Amber and Clifton rotated watches and I “relaxed” in the master cabin. Not many photos since everyone was focused on the sailing. The wind made sure that we arrived early to Cape May so […]
Stops Along the Way
Did Hitchock made a horror movie with a house that moved to a wildly different place each day? The characters go slightly mad over time as they get lost searching their new streets for supplies. That is life aboard Two Fish except we have not gone mad, yet. The vagabond life throws curveballs. What type of docking or anchorage will we face tonight? How do we get ashore? We usually take the surprises with a smile but sometimes a temper tantrum is in order. The […]
Brazilian Customs, Border Patrol and Police
Clearing in and out of Brazil takes time. Consider this post your seeing eye dog for a Brazilian paper pushing adventure. Embrace the process of being lost, being told conflicting instructions by different parts of the government, and traveling through the non-tourist parts of Brazil. Once I had the right attitude, I enjoyed living like a Brazilian – life is always ok in América do Sul. THE KEY PLAYERS Polícia Federal: This branch of the government is like the FBI and border patrol merged into one. No joking […]
Haul Out
Astute readers will remember Two Fish’s dramatic propulsion problem: while motoring she could only travel in reverse. In an old Car Talk episode, a caller had a car that only could turn right. The caller gleefully announced that she just would use four left hand turns to go right. Gail was quick to announce that Two Fish would not be traveling the Atlantic Ocean in reverse. After anchoring, we tried to diagnose the problem. We tested whether the engines were shifting. While moving the shifter at the helm, […]
Passage Plan
When we lived onshore, we never planned our day trips. While the elevator whisked us down to street level, we decided whether to travel via foot, subway, or, taxi. On the boat, we have a formal pre-passage process including a crew briefing, weather forecasts and routing. For a day sail our planning can be somewhat brief, but when we are leaving for 1,000 miles, more preparation is required. The wind, tides, marina hours, sunsets, currents and crew schedules all create a complex timing puzzle with no ideal answer but […]
A Sailing Boat Gathers No Moss
Readers will remember that we started our trip close to 35 degrees South; Jason suggested that we challenge ourselves by sailing towards 44 degrees North. No need to open your atlas, 44 North is Portland, Maine. The plan became more concrete when we signed up for a Backroads bike trip which began in Portland and went on to Mount Desert Island and Casco Bay. CAPE COD CANAL But to get to our bike trip on time, we still had a few miles to sail. Our next leg of 66 […]
Lobsterman
A fantastic description of the Lobsterman’s lifestyle from the 1950’s by EB White. Also, some other lobsterman facts and oddities.
Lobsterman by E.B. White from Two Fish on Vimeo.
Tour of One Fish
Due to popular demand, I have recorded a tour of One Fish, our Apex dinghy. It is a great dinghy, but needed several after-market changes to get her up to standard.
One Fish, Apex dinghy powered by Yamaha from Two Fish on Vimeo.
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