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Return to the Quay…
By: Noah D. At long last, we have returned to Proteus. We were gone exactly one month. To the day. We left to spend Christmas with family; after all, we were unable to go home for Christmas last year...
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Proteus is our child…
By: Noah D. What on earth have we been doing for the past month of silence on this blog? Everything under the sun. (Well… whenever there is sun.) I’ve installed the new AIS and VHF splitter (which...
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The first miles: Kilmore Quay to Crosshaven…
By: Noah D. We’ve almost sailed 1,000 miles aboard Proteus. Most of that was coming from Ipswich. And we’ve sailed a little around the east coast of Ireland as far north as Greystones just a few miles...
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In the middle of St.Patrick’s…
By: Noah D. Travel will teach you things. It will teach you marvelous things. But it will also teach you to fail. Or, rather, teach you that failing is not the end of the story… let alone something to...
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A solar eclipse at sea…
“Be not afeared. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I...
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Down blind alleyways, or the place at which the sky and the sea switch…
By: Noah D. Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to go down dark alleyways? You don’t know what could be lurking behind the next corner!? So much of cruising like this is made up of coming to terms...
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The scale of the sea…
Now well over 2000 miles since Ipswich, we have seen some crazy stuff: weather, places, people, etc. But something has surprised me… I don’t take THAT many photos. Don’t get me wrong, I carry a camera...
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Decisions to change plans…
By: Noah D. I’m sitting here in Sines, Portugal. It is just after 10am. All the hatches are open and there’s a gentle north-ish breeze. A few minutes ago, two small RIB’s hummed by outside with their...
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Regarding the Schengen Visa…
One question – among many – that is easy to misunderstand with international law and diplomacy is the Schengen Visa system implemented in Europe. For people from the USA who have ever traveled for a...
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The S/V Proteus compared to…
Occasionally, we are asked by people who hear that we live on a sailboat… “Gosh, that sounds really small…!” or “So… how big is it?” or “Can you stand up?” I can rattle off all the data, but since...
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