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# Sailing SV Selkie

The sailing adventures of Captain Greg and SV Selkie

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## Posts

- [Changing Weather, Changing Fortunes, Back to Portland? - June 2026](https://sailingselkie.com/changing-weather-changing-fortunes-back-to-portland-june-2026/) - "No one is so brave he is not disturbed by something unexpected." - Julius Ceasar To see all photos from this post, please see the google photo album HERE For all the planning and figuring we do, sometimes things just change course, and this summer has tossed me a curve that isn't wholly unwanted, but certainly
- [Endless (chilly) Summer -  Sailing season 2025](https://sailingselkie.com/endless-chilly-summer-sailing-season-2025/) - "The time to prepare for your next expedition is when you have just returned from a successful trip." - Admiral Robert Peary To see all photos from this post, please see the google photo album HERE The season started just around the first of June this year, getting in the water at Aspasia Marina in
- [2024-25, Winter Comes Again - Projects and Patience](https://sailingselkie.com/2024-25-winter-comes-again-projects-and-patience/) - "I cannot command the wind and the weather" - Horatio Nelson To see all photos from this post, please see the google photo album HERE The seasons turn, and winter sees Selkie and I stuck on land. This off season there are several projects I mean to see finished - like setting up for the
- [Ups and Downs - The Summer of 2024](https://sailingselkie.com/ups-and-downs-the-summer-of-2024/) - "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." — Jacques Yves Cousteau To see all photos from this post, please see the google photo album HERE It's the summer of 2024: the weather is glorious, the boat is slowly coming more and more awake and we are learning
- [The season begins - May 2026](https://sailingselkie.com/the-season-begins-may-2026/) - Ship's log 13th May, 2026: 105 Days until departure It's May the first, Beltaine, May day. I generally try to watch the sun come up on the 1st of May, and for the last several years I've done that from Dyer Cove in Cape Elizabeth. It's a place convenient to my very literal pied-de-terre in
- [2023-2024 - Off-season 2, The return of the projects...](https://sailingselkie.com/off-season-2-the-return-of-the-projects/) - For a complete set of photos from this stage of the journey, please see the Google Photos Album "Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." - Terry Pratchett Summer draws to a close, and the ocean cools, and Selkie is once more ashore. This winter I decided to leave
- [2022-2023 - The first projects and putterings](https://sailingselkie.com/winter-2022-2023-the-first-projects-and-putterings/) - To view all the photos from this phase of the journey, see: the Google Photos Album It's early November, and it's time for Selkie to come out of the water for the winter. I've found her a place at a marina and yard near to my mom's place in South Portland so I can work
- [2023 - Spring returns, and we take to the water once more!](https://sailingselkie.com/spring-returns-and-we-take-to-the-water-once-more/) - For the complete set of photos of this phase, see the Google Album The winter of 2022/23 was relatively mild, and Selkie came through just fine. Now, it's time for her cover to come off, and lots of work to get done sprucing up some things and getting her back in the water. Several of
- [2023 - Summer Comes again! First sailing season together.](https://sailingselkie.com/summer-comes-again-first-sailing-season-together/) - For all the photos from this post, please see the Google Photos Album "I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention" - Mary Oliver The weather is warm, the winds are pleasant, and it's time for SUMMER once more.Selkie's new home is in the sheltered inner harbor of
- ["Let's go home..." October 2022 - Buying a new (used) sailboat and heading for home waters.](https://sailingselkie.com/homeward-bound-october-2022-buying-a-new-used-sailboat-and-heading-for-home-waters/) - For complete photos of this phase of the journey, see: The Google Photos Album "I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by;"-Maesfield It's October. It's New England. The days are short, the temperatures

## Pages

- [Travel blog of the Sailing Vessel Selkie](https://sailingselkie.com/sailingblog/) - Ship's (b)Log Getting Selkie, and myself, ready for departing August of 2026 has been a lot of work, and a lot of adventure. Come along with us from the first delivery home, to the major quality of life improvements, the triumphs the challenges, and the mistakes of life aboard.Links of Interest:Greg Tremblay NarrationsSV Selkie Photo
- [Who we are...](https://sailingselkie.com/about/) - About Howdy...Who the heck are we?I'm Greg Tremblay, professional audiobook narrator, storyteller, creative tinkerer, life-long sailor, and adventurer. I am originally from New England, and moved back following COVID lockdown to start my next phase of life. I've dreamed of doing a sailing adventure like my family did when I was a kid for years,
- [Welcome aboard!](https://sailingselkie.com/home/) - Sailing for the future...Looking to the past.The adventures of a lifelong sailor, a 50 year old boat, and endless stories.... READ MORE WATCH NOW Setting Sail, and Looking Back...When I was a kid, my family took the adventure of a lifetime - selling our house, quitting jobs, and leaving the coast of Maine aboard our
- [Privacy and Copyright Policy](https://sailingselkie.com/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Our website address is: http://sailingselkie.com, you may email us at the.sv.seklie@gmail.com for assistance as needed. Copyright All content not specifically noted as coming from an outside source is the original work and copyright of Gregory Tremblay and SV Selkie. No reproduction of this material is permitted without written consent, nor is derivative

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://sailingselkie.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [Projects and Tinkering](https://sailingselkie.com/category/projects/) - Boats are endless places to iterate, improve, repair, update, and maintain. These are the tales of some of the projects Selkie has undergone.
- [Adventures Ashore](https://sailingselkie.com/category/adventureashore/) - When the sails come down, the shore beckons. Exploring islands, towns, beaches and more is half the fun of cruising!
- [Cruising and Exploring](https://sailingselkie.com/category/cruisexplore/) - Setting out to see what’s beyond the next curve of the coast, the horizon, or the river’s far reaches.
- [Friends and Family](https://sailingselkie.com/category/friendsandfam/) - Friends – new and old, and family – chosen and blood. It’s great when people come to stay with us and adventure.
- [Passages and Progress](https://sailingselkie.com/category/passageprogress/) - Sometimes the goal is simply to get there… these are the long days, the problems to overcome, and the serendipity of what you see on the way.

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