Winter in Marblehead
We left Leander in Smögen on Sweden’s west coast for the winter season, and came back to the Boston area to live for the winter. We rented a home in Marblehead, […]
Author Archives: Paul Robertson
Sommar 2014 i Sverige
We wanted to get Alexander’s picture against the backdrop of the rocks. So Paul called his name. Alexander heard it as Paul’s “you shouldn’t be doing that” voice, and stopped, literally, […]
Orcadian Light
Orkney would be picturesque in any light, but the climate and the nature of the terrain make it even more so. The ever-changing weather combines with wide-open vistas to add […]
Arrival at Stromness, “Orkneys”
Today we sailed about forty miles from Wick, in the far north of Scotland, to Stromness, in the Orkney Islands. [Editors Note: We quickly learned, soon after this post, that […]
To “the Orkneys”
After a week in Wick, we’re off to the Orkneys. [Editors note: I know – we quickly corrected our error, and learned that it was “Orkney!] It was nice here […]
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT
On April 6, 2013, a wonderful spring day here in Istanbul, Sima gave birth to our second child, a daughter, Aylin Elizabeth Robertson. She weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and […]
Cruising Along the Italian Coast
Leander toured through Italy in August. We had passed through the Corinth Canal and entered the Ionian Sea in mid-July. After visiting a handful of Greece’s Ionian islands, we then […]
Who Is This Kid?
Ambelaki Bay, Meganisi Island, Ionian Sea, Greece 21 July 2012 38 40 N 20 47 E He’s tougher than we are. “I need help!” Sima yelled from the cockpit, as […]
Italy in Greece
Petalas Island, Ionian Sea, Greece 38 24 N, 21 06 E Some of our days are wonderful. July 16 found us side-tied to a wall in a marina on the […]
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