PUFFLING BLOGS

We are so entirely smitten with the sweeping views that surround -- Newport's suspension bridge, Rose Island, Goat Island, Newport...

After a leisurely morning on the mooring and breakfast of fruit salad and zucchini muffins, we set our course for Mackerel Cove. Located...

At long last, we are cruising --choosing our destinations, not bound by any schedule, open to the vagaries of wind and tide and weather...

Monday afternoon we cast off the lines close to 2 p.m. and motorsailed in 3-5 knots of wind to Newport to set ourselves up for the final...

After dropping Bodhi and a car at Sail Newport this morning, Dan and I looped back to Portsmouth to restore the Puffster to her sailing...

Greetings from Discovery, a new and extremely recent addition to our nautical fleet. We are aboard our 27-foot Ranger Tug "Discovery"...

In preparation for next week's three-day Laser regatta in Marblehead, we were asked to supply a specific type of tie-down strap to secure...

Once again, we found ourselves racing to Newport, aiming to arrive before the forecasted chance of afternoon thunderstorms. With 14 knots...

Adding to the novelty of settling into a new summer routine of living aboard Puffling Tuesday through Friday (for easy commuting to Laser...

As we cast off the marina dock lines, our dock mate said, "Don't get wet!" We had opted for a few days aboard Puffling despite the...

We awoke to bright light and light blue streaming through the portholes -- a refreshing start to the day after many mornings of gray....

We awoke to another gray morning which eventually gave way to a beautifully sunny summer day. After relaxing aboard Puffling, Captain Dan...

We opted for Block Island as a destination only after the extended forecast for this week's vacation had called for several days of fog...

While we had every intention of casting the lines off Aquidneck Island and heading for Cuttyhunk, we instead chose to ride the more...

The weather gods gifted us with a glorious afternoon yesterday for a late-day sail to Brenton Cove. In relatively flat seas, 12-14 knots...

This weekend's highlight was seeing Bodhi rise to the challenge of racing in a regatta in a new (to him) class of boat with minimal...

We set our cruising sights for the weekend on Brenton Cove again, as it is home to a two-day regatta for Optimists and Lasers -- single...

With a forecast for afternoon thundershowers, we opted for an early start to our destination -- a mooring off Fort Adams. Our goal was...