Welcome to the 2022 boating season. We left our winter home in California on April 25 – a little earlier than usual… Mrs. Horne competes in a couple of traveling golf leagues […]
Buzzards Bay in April!
Dave Horne
What is a Safe Speed for Boating in the Fog?
Face it; nobody likes running in the fog. The first time I was ever caught was in the early 80s. We were anchored overnight on Aquarius in Tarpaulin Cove with Peter and […]
Planning For 2022…
The calendar says we have about 90 days to splash 2022. This got me thinking about getting Relentless ready and mapping out our summer adventures. How about you? We’re now going on […]
Glad Tidings To All – Final MBB Music Video of The Season
It’s been two months since our final cruise and four months until we launch for the 2022 season. We had fewer Covid challenges in 2021 but far more weather headaches. We know […]
The Last 10 Days of the 2021 Season
I am writing you from our winter home in the desert of Southern California. The 2021 boating season is over and our 6 month winter on land has begun. I apologize for […]
Introducing The Maritimo M55 and S55
As many of you know, we’ve been hard core Sabre/Back Cove owners for the past seven years (Downeast 37, Back Cove 41, and now a Sabre 48 Flybridge). We loved them all […]
The Summer 2021 MBB Video
As the sun slowly sets on the 2021 boating season and hauling and storing duties await, I thought this would be a great time to look back on our summer cruises and […]
Columbus Day Weekend in Plymouth
We seriously toyed with the idea of heading to Nantucket for the Columbus Day, but I never got comfortable with the forecast for the backend of the weekend. All sources agreed that […]
Dillon’s Local – Plymouth
We visited Plymouth for Columbus Day Weekend and despite the cool forecast, it actually turned out to be classic autumn weather. Saturday we headed to town for lunch and decided to try […]
May The Circle Be Unbroken – Weekend With Peter…
Peter and I have been good friends for almost 45 years… Back in the 70’s, when Peter and I were sharing a $200/month apartment in Boxboro, we’d make the two hour drive […]
Late September Getaway
We had the last weekend in September circled on the calendar for at least six months. Our dear Austin friends Jake and Peggy were scheduled to come in for a long weekend […]
Coop deVille 2021 Pig Roast – Band on a Boat!
I’m not sure when Petey started hosting the Pig Roast and Band on a Boat, but I first discovered it in 2019. Sadly, the local government shut it down in 2020, but […]
The Best October Dock Deals – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
As the 2021 cruising season winds down, we’re entering my favorite time of the year – October Cruising. Pick your destination and you’ll have no problem landing dockage at the lowest rates […]
Autumn In Plymouth
Boating in New England consists of three distinct seasons. There’s the spring which ends on the 4th of July, of course the traditional summer; and the fall boating season that begins after […]
Jeff Hilliard – Live Music at The Tavern on the Wharf
Before the pandemic I frequently videoed local musicians and posted them on this site. LIVE MUSIC There’s been very little live music on Buzzards Bay since March of 2020. In fact, up […]
Ending Summa With an 8 Day Weekend!
Quite unusually, we visited Edgartown for the second weekend in a row over Labor Day with guests from California. While it’s true we did tread on some of the same turf as […]
Chesca’s – Edgartown’s
We’re enjoying perfect weather in Edgartown for a four day Labor Day weekend with guests from the West Coast. Knowing that Edgartown is a tough place to book dinner reservations, I made […]
Vineyard Weekend in August
Mrs. Horne had her golf and gambling buddy Arlene in from California last week to compete in the Bay Club Women’s Invitational… Although they didn’t win the tournament, Mrs. Horne did win […]
Henri Crashes The Party
This is my third and final report of what began as a nine Day Anniversary cruise but ended after seven (see Getting To Watch Hill – The Anniversary Cruise and Watch Hill […]
Watch Hill to Greenport New York
This is my second report on our nine day Anniversary Cruise. Our cruise has already been cut to 8 days with Hurricane Henri bearing down on New England early Sunday morning… I […]
My Buzzards Bay 