Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
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Interlude Underway Day 2
The weather is not looking too good for our passage further North so we are headed for Charleston SC to wait for a better window. We will be crossing the Gulf Stream tonight and may have some squalls and then a front with NE winds on backside. We hope to be in Charleston by…
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Charleston Customs
This morning we entered Charleston Harbor running the gauntlet past Fort Sumpter and docked at The Charleston City Marina on their ‘Megadock’ (32d46.51′ N, 79d56.94′ W, 28 ft deep). Customs arrived within a couple hours and we and the boat are now officially back in the USA. Any further progress up the coast toward the relatively…
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Doing the Charleston
Our diversion from Cape Cod to Charlston has been much more fun than expected. Many of our new cruiser friends also made the stop (some of them their first in the USA) and some long time friends made a four hour drive from North Carolina to visit us for a couple days. With all…
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Interlude Underway
This passage so far has been a motorboat ride in search of the Gulf Stream current. We did sail from 1900 to 0200 under full main and genoa in a dark and moonless night. This morning has us powering again with warships on the horizon hiding their positions without AIS transponders on. Interlude 1000…
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Interlude Underway Day 2
We have been making good progress with the help of 2-4 kn of Gulf Stream current. Yesterday we were in tradewind sailing conditions with the genoa poled out to port and the full main to starboard doing half wind speed. Top log goes to Katie who on her watch hit 15 kn per GPS…
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Interlude Underway Day 3
Not sure if the East Coast heat wave is still ongoing but it sure feels cold to us. This morning we finally exited the gulf stream with the water temp going down seventeen degrees to 66F and we are now wearing clothes. Given a forecasted low with thundershowers and 20kn SW winds we are…
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Haven Interlude
We are now anchored at Vineyard Haven (41d27.87’N, 70d35.65’W, 14 ft) on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusets the largest island on the East Coast not connected to the mainland by a bridge. It includes Cappaquiddick where Ted Kennedy drive off the road killing his ‘passenger’ and is the summer home of many affluent New Englanders. We…
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Cape & Islands
After two weeks on Martha’s Vineyard and three days on Nantucket we are now anchored at Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Our plan to go to Maine to avoid the east coast summer heat and hurricanes is working so far. We also had the added benefit of exploring Martha’s Vineyard before the summer population explosion.…
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Portly in Portland
Although wakes of passing lobster boats and ferries made the anchorage a bit rough during daytime, we had a pleasant stay in Portland. The seafood was excellent either purchased at the Harbor Fish Market on Custom Wharf or in any of the many fine restaurants. We especially liked Street & Co. (33 Wharf Street,…
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Boothbay Birthday
Boothbay Harbor (anchored 43d50.87’N, 69d38.15’W 30 ft at LW) has many seafood eateries but our favorite was McSeagulls (14 Wharf St. at Pier 1). They have their own dinghy dock, a huge menu, full bar and best price lobster specials (even less than the bench seating, serve yourself Lobster Dock or Lobster Wharf chow…