About us
We grew up in California, went to public schools receiving four year degrees from UC Berkeley, got married, worked for 20 years child free, are now retired and sailing around the world.
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
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Underway Day 6
We caught two more Dorado yesterday and so will have some in the freezer. The wind has been picking up all night, the waves are getting bigger and there is now convective activity (rain) all around us (no…
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Underway Day 5
Fish On! Landed a nice little one eyed Dorado after having the line in the water only fifteen minutes. Our first fish since some throw-back barracuda in the Bahamas in May. Of course we hooked right after setting…
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Underway Day 4
We are having a very smooth sail with only the mildest nighttime squalls getting the wind up from 11 to 15 kn and just a few flashes of lightning in the distance. We started receiving Bermuda Radio on…
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Underway Day 3
After some motoring last night thru rain (boat wash) we are now hard on the wind heading southwest in moderate south winds. A small bird (canary?) landed aboard yesterday but did not survive the night. We passed thru…
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Underway Day 2
We are having a good sail so far with 15-20 knot winds on the beam all night. The seas are a bit lumpy but the current is favorable at about a knot. We did shorten sail last night…
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Underway Day 1
At 1100 hrs today we left Newport heading for Bermuda 620 nm to the southeast. We should be there in 3-4 days if we decide to stop. Otherwise we could head for the British Virgin Islands to meet…
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Newport
Our stay in Jamestown/Newport has been very pleasant with Interlude on her old mooring in Jamestown and now anchored in Brenton Cove, Newport Harbor (41d28.74’N, 71d19.74’W). Touring the mansions was the highlight and a trip to Mystic Seaport…
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Cape Cod Canal
From Boston we had a nice sail back to Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod (42d02.27’N, 70d11.02’W, 55 ft) and from there staged a transit of the Cape Cod Canal the next morning saving us a day…
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Boston by Boat
Boston, with its high rises visible a mere 20 miles away beckoned and we found an anchorage in the harbor near the airport Hyatt. A dinghy ride across the channel and we were downtown with all the history,…
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Mansions & Models in Marblehead
Marblehead boasts the largest concentration of pre-revolutionary war structures and the second oldest colonial cemetery on Old Burial Hill Marblehead also has the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, one of the most important Georgian colonial homes in the US. Built…
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