Maine in 2013 and 2014

There was not much adventuring done on Magus during 2013 and 2014 because we were too busy with other life events.  In the fall of 2012, we had moved back to Peaks Island after a two-year diversion in Bowdoinham; that is a huge story not detailed here.  We were happy to still have our house on Peaks, but we wanted to “down-size” our overhead, and we bought a nearby cottage in disrepair.  Then we had a big renovation project for the next year, moving into “Nirvana” for the summer of 2014.  In the fall, we sold our original house on Peaks.  During this time, we were renting the original house by the week in the summers, living on Magus at the marina at times, and doing a lot of family things.

One of the family things was becoming grandparents in August, 2013.  Sophi and Travis continued to live on their boat Seabird for the next 9 months or so in Portland, then moved to a great apartment in Bath, Maine, and had Seabird on a mooring in Bath for the summer of 2014.  They were disappointed to sell Seabird recently, but they’re hoping to use Magus some.  We enjoy seeing them and Felix every few weeks, and that’s pretty wonderful.  They may still have a blog of their adventures.

Also in 2014, we had a big reunion of Jenny’s family.  

Near the end of their stay, a lot of us went for a sail to Fowler Beach/ Sandy Beach/ South Beach on Long Island.  We went out for sails and visits throughout the summer, too.

As for Magus, we love the bowsprit and new roller furling jib.  We still have a lot of projects to get done in 2015.  We had a big mooring installed on Peaks Island, so that’s nice to have in addition to the Dimillo’s marina slip in Portland, that we will probably give up in May, 2016. 

I’ll do another blog on our overall plans for voyaging in 2016.  In the meantime, we’re going to attend the whole weekend “Safety at Sea” workshop in Boston in March, 2015.