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s/v Acedia

Sea. Seed. Soil. The Art of Hope and Adventure. The Quest for Positive Impact. The story of my boat, sailing, and the places we end up.

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Bermuda to Antigua; a host of challenges. Day 6-Island Arrival

ImageFebruary 19, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

For Christmas Eve evening Gaia and I had planned to try to make contact with each other and have a Christmas party on the water. I tried hailing them and when I didn’t get a response, at 9pm we set off expired flares anyway. It was a fun little celebratory thing to do. I had actually […]

Bermuda to Antigua; a host of challenges. Day 3-5

ImageFebruary 16, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

The winds shifted more on our nose making the sail uncomfortable by morning. We had reefed the main and Shelby was not happy. It was the previous evening into the night where she exclaimed she was seasick. Giving her opportunity for rest and time to adjust, Joe and I had taken night watches. It was […]

Bermuda to Antigua; a host of challenges. Departure-Day 2

ImageFebruary 15, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

It was just before Christmas when Gaia and I were trying to determine an appropriate weather window for saying farewell to Bermuda and heading down to the Caribbean. We had decided that Antigua should be the ultimate destination as it was the most eastern island that proved to be one of the easiest for crew […]

Wadson’s Farm Christmas Elf

ImageFebruary 14, 2016August 4, 2018 MelissaLeave a comment

Growing up in Upstate New York, meaning 3 miles from the St. Lawrence River (the body of water that I learned how to swim in), one hour south of Ottawa, capital of Canada Upstate NY, meant that I lived out in the middle of nowhere. My closest neighbor was a quarter of a mile away […]

Bermuda Bliss-a world full of all kinds of sailors

ImageFebruary 1, 2016August 4, 2018 Melissa1 Comment

The next few days after Gaia arrived and crews I met left Caribbean bound involved continued effort of attempting to settle in, trying to stay dry, communal dinners, and planning the getaway to Hamilton. There was an International Moth Regatta in town and we decided it would be more fun to sail over and check it […]

Rhode Island to Bermuda Days 3-5- The Gulf Stream Crossing

ImageJanuary 24, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

We had just put up the spinnaker and started to see Acedia scream along when it was time for my morning call from Jon. I was on the phone chatting down below when he said it looked like we had entered the Gulf Stream. I was a bit confused by this because we hadn’t come […]

Rhode Island to Bermuda Days 1-2

ImageJanuary 23, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

Bob, Lance, and I- what a great ocean sailing team! I seriously couldn’t ask for better crew for my first offshore passage as Captain of my own boat. It was an eerie morning where pea soup thick fog surrounded us as we snuck off the dock at Brewer’s Cove Haven. It was early Friday November […]

100 Day Countdown

ImageJanuary 22, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

All that love, blood, sweat, and tears! Yet, it still led to a grueling 100-day count down this past summer and fall, which started at the end of July counting down to November 1, 2015. This is the date that marks the end of hurricane season, it is when most boats start looking at weather […]

Thank You!!!

ImageJanuary 20, 2016November 5, 2017 MelissaLeave a comment

Before I go on, I want to take the opportunity to thank all the wonderful people in my life. All of them. If I know you and you’re a positive person in my life, thank you!! Even if you’re not so positive, thank you for making me know that it’s the positive energy I want […]

10 Years of Prep- Love, Blood, Sweat, and Tears

ImageJanuary 14, 2016November 5, 2017 Melissa2 Comments

Yes, there is crying in boat ownership. What can I say? I’m a girl. I didn’t mention, yet, the second time I sailed up the Piscataqua River (which has the 3rd fastest current of any river in the US) and I didn’t hit slack tide just right.  The confused, conflicting tides created standing waves and white water […]

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