New Dawn: Sailing Hiraeth and the journey therein

"When I am old I'll tell you are story, but now that I am young, I must live one....." -Pete Grundvig

This is a read-only archive of our sailing log, 2015–2019. Comments, the newsletter and the contact form are closed.

2016

Beaufort, North Carolina

· Justin · Alberg 30, Places, People

We got into Beaufort on Tuesday the 8th of November. We were pretty tired but excited to see some new friends we made on the way down. Santa Mojo and her crew is another Alberg 30 from Canada. We first saw them in Portsmouth and were really excited because they have the same boat. Soon …

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Sailing To Hampton

· Justin · Places, People

We're finally starting the trip down the coast. We left the Magothy on the 20th of October and today we pulled into Hampton River, just a hop skip and a jump from the start of the ICW. We've had quite the adventure getting here already, I can't imagine what's in store for us the rest …

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Alberg 30 Fall Cruise

· Justin · Alberg 30, People

We've just returned from the Alberg 30 Fall Cruise. We had some amazing weather and were able to sail most of the cruise. When we started we had twelve boats on Hopkins Creek. I think eight of them were Albergs. Here's a map of our cruise, By the time we finished the GPS started overlapping …

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Commodore's Champagne Cruise

· Justin · Alberg 30, People

This weekend we went out for the 2016 Commodore's Cruise. Sara wasn't here so I soloed to Eagles Cove behind Gibson Island here on the Magothy following Mike and Trish on Gilleleje. It was about an hour and a half of motoring with 5 knots of wind right on my nose. Really the hardest part …

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Down the Bay

· Justin

This past week was our first voyage! We traveled from Gregg Neck on the Sassafras down to Mill Creek on the Magothy River. We decided to take three days for the voyage to allow plenty of time. Starting out Sunday evening we reached our first anchorage at Ordinary Point on the Sassafras, six miles in …

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Making Waves!

· Justin · Alberg 30

The day finally arrived for us to put the boat in the water! After repairing the rudder we put on five coats of Interprotect 2000 to help seal the hull. Then two coats of bottom paint. After that I mounted the rudder and finally put the propeller shaft back in place. At this point Scott …

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Rudder Repair

· Justin · Alberg 30, Learning, Repairs

The last two weeks I've been working on the rudder. We took it off, opened it up to assess the damage and then slowly put it back together. This is my first time working with epoxy and fiberglass so it was an awesome learning experience. After opening it up I discovered a void that was …

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Finished Scraping and Alberg 30 Spring Rendezvous

· Justin · Alberg 30, People

Last Saturday we went to Bay Ridge and enjoyed an afternoon with the rest of the Albergers. There was a flea market with some interesting gear, we picked up a set of signal flags and books. Good deals to be had! The guys on the grill made some excellent chicken and hotdogs. Rene is training …

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Helly Hanson NOOD Regatta in Annapolis

· Justin · Alberg 30, Learning, People

This weekend we crewed for Jonathan Adams on Laughing Gull (hull #197) in the Annapolis NOOD Regatta . It was exciting for Sara and I as it was the first time we got to sail an Alberg 30. There were three days of sailing with light winds on Friday and Saturday. The wind picked up …

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Time With Some Friends

· Justin · People

We hosted some people for the first time this weekend. We got to see Terri of TS Photo Creations (and co-worker from Nxtbook.) Also Steve and Fletch who helped us install shelves in the v-berth. It was good to see friends, share our new home and explore the boat yard with them. Thanks for coming!

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