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Since my blog last week, I’ve exchanged a seat on the Concord bus traveling down US Route 1, for the cockpit of the Lillian B., sailing down the West coast of Ireland. No internet or movie, but the view is not bad. The connections on all legs from Boston to Killybegs went exceptionally well. Leaving…

Weds, Aug 25, 2021 On the Bus The next leg: Ireland to the Canaries I’m writing this sitting on the Concord bus traveling down Route 1 from Rockport ME to Logan airport where I’ll board a flight this evening at 6pm, arriving Dublin tomorrow morning. From Dublin I take the 30x express bus to Donegal,…

Saturday, Aug 21, 2021 Home port: Rockport, Maine Birds We were followed by birds all the way across the North Atlantic.  Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say we intruded upon birds along the way. Some of them were sea birds a thousand miles from the nearest shore. They could be seen flying…

Tuesday, July 28, 2021 (Late entry, waiting to board my return flight to the US) Dublin Airport, Ireland Repairs I’m currently sitting in US territory in the Dublin airport, where you clear customs to the US while still surrounded by Ireland. Originally my wife was to join me in Scotland and we would travel about,…

Wednesday, July 21, 2021(Late entry)Latitude 54o 38’ NLongitude 8o 26’ W Killybegs Harbor, Ireland We’ve now been in Killybegs, Ireland for six full days. After dropping anchor in Killybegs harbour at close to midnight of the 14th, the beeping of the anchor alarm woke us up the next morning at 10 am. It’s hard to…

Wednesday, July 16, 2021 (Late entry) Latitude 54o 38’ N Longitude 8o 26’ W Killybegs Harbor, Ireland Last Tuesday afternoon, the 13th of July, we were headed straight towards Mallaig, Scotland at six knots with less than 250 nautical miles to go. At that distance we were looking forward to being in Scotland by Thursday…

Tuesday Afternoon, July 13, 2021 Latitude 54o 04’ N Longitude 13o 20’ W As implied in Sunday’s blog, sailing during the day, by the light of the moon, or even by the light of the stars on a clear night is typically preferred to sailing in total darkness. One of the reasons for departing Maine…

Sunday Evening, July 11, 2021 Latitude 52o 18’ N Longitude 19o 36’ W We survived last night’s running the gauntlet of high winds and waves noted on the Pilot Charts. Yesterday, by late afternoon the seas had built to over 10 feet and the winds would occasionally gust to 45 knots. During the day, those…

Friday Evening, July 9, 2021 Latitude 50o 49’ N Longitude 24o 36’ W 738 Miles to Mallaig, Scotland Yesterday we were within 700 miles of landfall at Bantry, Ireland. That put us six days away from laundry and a hot shower on solid ground. Six days may sound like a long way to go, but…

Wednesday Afternoon, July 7, 2021 Latitude 49o 02’ N Longitude 29o 10’ W As reported in the last blog on Monday evening, July 5th, we were prepared to concede that there was no hope for wind and let the boat drift through the night. No sooner had that blog been sent than the winds returned,…