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Our Boats

s/v Notorious, a Sabre 36, purchased in Oxford, MD in 1990 and sold in Oxford, Md in 1995
s/v Espresso, a Frers 41, purchased in Havre de Grace, MD in 1998 and sold in Port Jefferson, NY 2004
s/v Aleria, a Bowman 57, purchased from Richard and Jessica in Oxford, MD 2004. Still owned but for sale. 
m/v Moytura,a 20-foot launch and runabout
m/v Alya, a 12-foot runabout
t/t Aleria 
s/v Trinka

Our Cruises

2004 - Oxford Md to Rye NY via Norfolk Va & the East River. 
2005 - AYC Cruise to Narragansett Bay (sunflower raft up)
2006 - LIS Cruise with Cormac MacD
2007 - Island Cruise (Block, MV, Cuttyhunk)
2007   AYC Winter Cruise SW Florida
2008  1 July - 17 August  - Rye, NY to Westport, Ireland via Cape Cod, Maine & Nova Scotia
2009  July - Westport to Galway for VOR stopover and back
2009  1 Oct - December 31  - Ireland to the Caribbean via Spain, Portugal, Madeiras & Canaries
2010  1 Jan to 3 July - St. Maarten, West Indies to Cork, Ireland via the Azores, and on to Kilmeena
2010  August - Kilmeena, Co. Mayo  to Kilrush, Co. Clare for haulout and repairs
2012 June-Aug - Kilrush to Kilmeena delivery, Kilmeena to Galway for VOR and back via islands
2013 July - Westport to Inner Hebrides, Scotland and back via Donegal
2014 Local - Galway to Clew Bay Via Inishmore and Inishbofin, Inishturk, Clare Island, Inishkeas, Inishoo, Inishturkbeg, Inishgowla, Inishdaff
2015  Galway to Clew Bay via Inishbofin and Clare Island
2015  Clew Bay to Killybegs, via Inishkeas and Teelin
2016  Clew Bay to the Costa del Cork after an aborted attempt to cruise the Spanish Rias
2016  Clew Bay to Killybegs via Blacksod Bay for haulout
2017 Clew Bay down the west coast of Ireland to the Rias of Galicia, Spain
2018 Galicia, Spain to the Algarve in Portugal and return to Galicia. 
2019 Galicia, Spain to Ireland. Laid up in Kilrush for the winter.
2020 Never launched Aleria due to coronavirus pandemic...went out on Clew Bay in Moytura and the kayak

Annual Launch Dates

April 21, 2005 Captain's Cove, CT
May 26, 2006  Captain's Cove, CT
April 17, 2007 Captain's Cove, CT
April 22, 2008 Captain's Cove, CT
8 April 2009  Kilmeena, Westport, Co. Mayo Ireland
11 June 2012 Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland
12 June 2013 The Quay, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
In water in Galway 2014
In water in Galway 2015
6 May 2016, Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland
24 May 2017 Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland
In water, Punta Lagoa, Spain winter of 2016-2017
Hauled out at Astilleros Lagos in Vigo winter of 2018-2019
Hauled out Kilrush 12 Oct 2019


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