It's time to head south if I want to avoid the worst of winter's wrath. I have to tack all the way out from Quahog Bay against the standard southwest wind, but once past Round Rock, I'm off toward Cape Cod. Except that the latest GRIB's are showing serious thunderstorm activity down south, so I delay...

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Time has come to pay the piper for the pleasant shelter of Ebenecook over pressing on to Quahog Bay when I had a fair, though brisk wind. Upwind, up-current. All day, all the way to Cape Small. Then the wind goes light. Decision time: do I try to make an anchorage for the night, or heave-to offshore? SUPPORT...

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Well I can't just wander the coast of Maine in perpetuity because, firstly, summer will end and then comes winter, and that really changes things. Plus there's mundane things like doctor's appointments. I have an eye appointment back in Brunswick, but here I am in Bar Harbor, more than 100 miles away....

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Well the prevailing afternoon seabreeze means I have to tack back out of Somes Sound. Also, I have to wait until 14:30 hours for the current to turn fair at the entrance. This means that I don't make Bar Harbor until early evening. And the wind continues to play hide-and-seek with me, finally obliging...

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I continue my peregrinations down east along the Maine coast, to Southwest Harbor and Somes Sound. Wonderful summer sailing--except for the ever changing, ever challenging sailing conditions. SUPPORT HOW TO SAIL OCEANS ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/user?u=12372934 HOW TO SAIL OCEANS ON RUMBLE: ...

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Ruth Avery goes romping down Eggemoggin Reach in classic fashion: reaching in a brisk afternoon southwester. This is literally a storied part of Maine, as the Brooklin Boatyard's late in-house architect, Joel White, was the son of the famous author E.B. White. This inspires me to re-read Charlotte's...

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In this week's episode I sail from Pulpit Harbor to Northwest Harbor, a distance of scarcely ten miles. But this is the Penobscot Bay and I am under sail alone. Flukey winds, tidal currents, a maze of island and rocks can turn a mere day sail into a memorable adventure. SUPPORT HOW TO SAIL OCEANS...

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I leave the St. George River for Rockland and for a necessary re-provision. Though first I stop at the lovely island anchorage by Dix Island. After Rockland it is on to Pulpit Harbor, a frequent stop for the Camden schooner fleet. While preparing to negotiate the somewhat narrow entrance under sail,...

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This week we continue our trek down east along the Maine coast. Summer breezes are sometimes so light as to oblige me to get to work with the sculling oar, and at other times, well, the sailing is near perfect. Set that against the backdrop of the bold, rocky coast of Maine whose beauty has few equals...

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Merry Christmas everyone! In this episode I arrive in Maine. It's midsummer, warm and pleasant. After reprovisioning in Brunswick, I begin my downeast meander with a short trip to the Basin, on the New Meadows river. However, conditions are less than ideal to attempt the narrow cut by sail and oar,...

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You've heard the joke: if you don't like the weather in New England, wait an hour. This year's passage to Maine accorded with the rule. From light airs to near gale force gusts, from blue skies to fog so thick I could barely see past the bow, from roaring along in a fresh breeze to drifting on a...

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I'm back in familiar New England waters. Following a provisioning run, I set off for a short sail from Vineyard Haven to Tarpaulin Cove. The sailing weather is near perfect, although there are thunderstorms in the forecast. Well those thunderstorms arrive sooner than expected in the form of a gust...

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