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I started writing this blog in 2018 before acquiring a boat or knowing much about sailing. This is a testimony of the power of intentions. I got my first boat for free, and my current one for less than the cost of a used compact car.
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Crossing the Gulf Stream
On February 26th 2022 my friend Benjamin Whiting of the Flying Spur met me in Fort Laureldale to do the Gulf Stream crossing to the Bahamas with me, we started the day with some provisioning, then we topped off the oil and the diesel in Aeolus 1 Cyli
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The Refit of the Cape Dory 27 Aeolus
Aeolus Refit my main purpose in stopping in Georgia was to meet circumnavigator James Baldwin of Atom Voyages and ask him to work on my boat. I had already done quite a bit of work on it myself such as: installing a radar, an AIS transmitter, changin
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Sailing From Atlantic City To Cape May
Th evening of October 26, looking at the weather report for October 27 2021, I was not so keen on getting back on the Atlantic to go to Cape May. The direction of the wind was good, coming from north, but it was supposed to be pretty rough out there
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Sailing from City Island to Atlantic City
The departure was scheduled for 10/24 because my friend John B, had to work all of Saturday, but the weather predictions where changing and if we hoped to get a little wind on our way south, time was of the essence. I decided to go ahead and prepare
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Route and weather planning from New York City to the Bahamas via Norfolk, VA and ICW
The plan is to leave on the first weather window from October 24th 2021 in order to go to Norfolk, VA and take the ICW. The ICW, or intracoastal waterway, is a system of canals that allows boats to travel around the United States and parts of Canada
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Aeolus
Cape Dory 27 – Hull # 48 – Aeolus After sailing Anarchy for a wonderful season on the long island sound, I had a growing desire for something more comfortable that would allow me to stand in the cabin and have a place to cook and sleep. A
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Sailing on Anarchy
Anarchy is a Merit 25, this boats very popular on the West Coast. Fast racing boat not dissimilar from the J25, they are as fast but not as wet. A sailor in the West Coast, Paul Kamen, after making a few modifications, took one of those merit 25 all
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Temperatures in October and November along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Temperatures in October and November along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway As I get closer to my departure date at the end of October, I wanted to check out the average temperatures on my way south. It turns out it should be still pretty pleasant
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A free SailBoat! Anarchy
April 2019 I put it out there in the universe and I got It. I received a free boat. A beautiful Merit 25 sailboat was donated to me by the City Island Yacht Club in exchange for me joining the club for the next two years. After getting my ASA 101 at
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The Origins – La Goletta “Aurora”
The Origins – Aurora One reason why I’m so in love with boating is that my father for a short period had a beautiful Schooner. My father Wilson Chelo, was a travel agent, as a business venture he took an old fishing vessel and completely
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Practice Sailing 1
So what does a person that wants to start sailing do? Learning to sail is a good place to start. When i grew up in Italy I learned to windsurf at the hotel Sol Palace in San Gineto Lido in Calabria, and from there small keel boats were an easy transi
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I want a Sailboat!
I always liked the sea but i never considered myself a sailor. Growing up in Italy, I used to windsurf and sometime, when the occasion presented itself, I would rent a Laser or another little boat In addition to the windsurf and some day-sailin