2010 was a very relaxing season #10 aboard Island Spirit with only 500 miles traveled. We decided to stay on the Chesapeake Bay all summer, ...

We had many FUN adventures with TannerMan Pirate Man and Electrical Engineer Dad as they arrived Annapolis, MD from the HOT dry desert of Ph...

The FLEET is LAUNCHED! Since we are staying in our home port this summer and not sailing off to New England or Maine, we decided to launch o...

SummerSailStice was a great weekend and Island Spirit was out for the adventure. SailStice is the closest weekend to the summer solstice and...

It is about time we get this blog back up and running after a long cold winter with 3 blizzards! Now, after 2 months of prep work we are fin...

Provided here is a summary of all the individual legs we ran on our summer sail 2009 from Rock Hall, MD to Mt. Desert Maine and back. We wer...

It has been the best summer sailing trip ever, with 1,636 miles covered to Acadia Maine and back. The trans output coupler nut held together...

Well, not really the trans, but the “output coupler” that bolts onto the trans, that’s what we dropped! And yes, it dropped off in one of th...

At 0511 on Wednesday, August 5, we departed Cuttyhunk with IP440 Lyon's Pride heading for Block. We were anchored by noon near our usual...

After a fabulous potluck supper on Friday evening with a narrated slide show of cruising Maine, the Rendezvous began in earnest Saturday mor...