Katahdin's Summer Home at Belfast Marina Several weeks ago, I published my last blog. Where did the time go? Well, I had some boy time on the boat as we traveled northeast. As planned, Admiral Jackie jumped ship on May 2. Then, early in the morning on Sunday, May 3rd, old friend and grad school classmate, Tim Glidden, arrived at Capital Yacht Club in DC. A shout out to Tim, he had arrived in Maine from Japan a mere 30 hours before and caught a 6:00 am flight out of Portl

Vice Admiral Joe Dyer Advising How to Navigate the Potomac's Middle Danger Ground with Dahlgren's Naval Service Warfare Live Fire Exercises Going On. Potomac River Middle Danger Area He was kidding, of course. For several days on our VHF Radio, regular US Coast Guard announcements warned of naval live fire exercises on April 27, 28, and 29, the last of which was the day we planned to travel from Joe and Susan Dyer's home on Breton Bay 95 miles up the Potomac River to the Cap

Leaving Smith Island, even at low tide, proved easier than arriving. Good light highlighted the shoals and shallows and our new-found familiarity with the island's bubba sticks helped us slowly and safely wind our way out the channel onto Chesapeake Bay. Following a calm crossing, we arrived at Solomons Island Yacht Club where two men of a relatable age welcomed us. After helping us tie up, both Jim and Doug apologized that they could not invite us to dinner. It turns o

The year, 1781, was a big year in Yorktown and marked the de facto end of the American Revolution. Though the new United States, British Empire, Kingdom of France, Spainish Empire and the Dutch Republic wouldn't sign the Treaty of Paris for another two years, the defeat of Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown by Generals Washington and Rochambeau brought Britain to its knees. That outcome was not pre-ordained. George Washington had hoped to evict the British from New York a