SAILIING HAPPY TOGETHER
Welcome Aboard
We welcome you to our website. We are a couple who enjoys adventures. You are welcome to enjoy our blogs, read our recipes and transform yourself to the blissful life of living on a sailboat.
Current Status:
Bahamas until March or April
Our Latest Blogs
Overnight to Cape May, NJ
Second Overnight to Cape May Eric joined us for our second overnight to Cape May, along with delicious food from Eric and Vera. We left Sheapshead Bay around 11:00 AM. We were greeted by 15 foot swells around Rockaway Point. We were worried this was going to be a...
New York, New York
Oyster Bay to New York City We woke up early for a 4 hour sail to Hell Gate, where we were looking for slack current. New York City is such a beautiful site even from far away. We arrived in Hell Gate on time, and made the passage down the East River. We even got...
First Overnight to Oyster Bay
First Day: Jamestown RI to Oyster Bay NY The day started in Jamestown. Loading the boat with our neighbor Chuck Vieira. We must have added 300 pounds to HT with food and clothes. After all, 7 months is a long time. How many shoes do you need? We left at 12:15. ...
Summer 2020 Cruising
Summer 2020 was very interesting for cruising. With COVID, there was a lot of social distancing, but still a lot of fun. Our first big trip was back to Boston, where we docked right next to the New England Aquarium, listening to the seals bark. We went on the...
Preparing for a long trip
We bought our Island Packet in July 2019. There were a couple major projects we had to do so we could sail Happy Together (HT) safely. The first was there was a terrible smell of waste on the boat. The other was the electronics were not operating at a reliable...
Why Happy Together?
Happy Together, strange name for a boat, but this is our name. We are cruising south on our third boat named Happy Together. Here is how we got the name. We are a blended family of 6 kids. Money was very tight, and Lesley worked at camps to pay for camping and...