Sailing Tallship Bounty Sails to Philadelphia 23 Jun 20123 Jul 2012 For our final leg up the Delaware River HMS Bounty sailed side-by-side with privateer Lynx. We were astonished by the strength of the current in the Delaware River and the…
Sailing Aboard Tallship Bounty 21 Jun 20128 May 2023 We have left Velocir for a larger ship! Well, only temporarily to crew the tall ship Bounty. Bounty was built in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia in 1960 for the 1962 Marlon…
Preparation… Velocir’s Albin Vega Sail Design 29 May 20129 May 2023 A long winded discourse on our sails and why we chose them. Small sails, big sails, old sails, new sails, high tech sails, old school sails, cheap sails, expensive sails…
Sailing… Ah, Home at Last- Back in Annapolis 10 May 201215 May 2012 There was a lot of excitement about getting back to a house. This last month we had really been pushing ourselves with long days. Laundry and other projects had been…
Fishing… Velocir makes 98 miles in 14 hours 9 May 201215 May 2012 We had waited in Old Point Comfort, VA two days for good weather. It would take us three days (140ish miles) and realistically the weather didn’t look good for the…
Sailing… Straight Through the Alligator River 5 May 201214 May 2012 After a relaxing day at the town dock in Oriental, NC we headed out into calm calm weather and were greeted by a beautiful sunrise. The wind picked up as…
Sailing Matt Rutherford Returns to Annapolis! 21 Apr 201221 Apr 2012 Congrats! Matt Rutherford has returned to Annapolis after sailing around North and South America in support of CRAB (Chesapeake Regional Accesible Boating). He sailed solo, non-stop through the infamous Northwest…
Leisure… Surfs UP! Oh, Georgia..when will you end 13 Apr 201220 Apr 2012 Happy Easter! We decorated some eggs and ate a bunch of candy. After our busy social scene in St. Augustine, we headed to an anchorage we like on the Ft.…
Leisure… We Feel the Love, Thank you!!! 7 Apr 20128 Apr 2012 Thank you readers and commenters, we are overwhelmed by all the supportive and positive comments we have received recently. It is a special experience to have this blog and share…
Fishing… Back to the USA: Good & Then Really Bad 2 Apr 20128 May 2023 To get a sense of the first two days of our voyage please watch this video: It was our “watch activity” to record a little something about how everything was…
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