Category: Captain’s Log
Updated on March 20, 2017
On to Eleuthera
Eleuthera is Greek for “freedom” and after six weeks in the Abacos and a month in a marina, getting to Eleuthera certainly feels like freedom. On 9 March we sailed at noon on a rising tide from …
Updated on March 6, 2017
Marsh Harbour
On 7 February, we left the pigs on No Name Cay and motored out into the Atlantic, around Whale Cay and back into the Sea of Abaco. We anchored off Treasure Cay on the night of the …
Updated on February 6, 2017
To the Abacos
Across the Little Bahama Banks, into the Sea of Abacos, and a near-disaster is averted The Bahamas are basically rocky outcrops of a large limestone deposits sitting just under the surface of the ocean. The Little Bahama Bank …
Updated on January 25, 2017
Escape from Palm Beach and Crossing the Florida Straits
Departure from Palm Beach and arrival West End Bahamas (finally) Crossing the Florida Straits and the Gulf Stream Our Stay in West End 18-25 January 2017 West End: Latitude 26 degrees 42.2 minutes North Longitude 78 degrees 59.5 …
Updated on January 25, 2017
New Year’s in Vero Beach and then on to Palm Beach
December 29, 2016 to January 14, 2017 Latitude North 26 Degrees 42 Minutes The weather did not cooperate for a December 29th sailing, so we decided to spend New Year’s in Vero Beach. We celebrated …
Updated on December 28, 2016
AN INSIDE PASSAGE TO VERO BEACH AND CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA – An old friend rejoins, a new friend is made, and we say good-bye to a dear friend- December 12 through December 29th Latitude N27 Degrees 39.6 Minutes North
Due to weather (forecasted winds from the South) we decided on an inside passage of two days down the Indian River to Vero Beach and our next jumpoff point of Fort Pierce, FL. The ICW at …
Updated on December 12, 2016
St. Augustine to Cape Canaveral and the town of Cocoa
On December 7th we sailed out of St Augustine on the edge of the morning tide, almost at slack water, timing our departure to bridge opening at 0730. Our exit was uneventful, we cast off …
Updated on December 12, 2016
Impressions from St. Augustine -Nov 29 through Dec 6 – Latitude N29 degreees 53.216 minutes
Discovered in 1513 and founded in 1565, swapped between the Spanish and the English over 300 years, St. Augustine is even more steeped in history than either Charleston or Beaufort. Overlooking the harbor is a stone for, Castille …
Updated on December 6, 2016
Beaufort to St. Augustine (Nov 25-29 2016) – Another successful offshore run, we are in Florida, and a short inside leg
On November 25th, with an early morning reveille of 0600, we were underway on the outgoing tide by 8am. We have learned to use the tides to move us along, but since we were also tied up …
Updated on December 6, 2016
Impressions from Beaufort SC (November 21-25 2016)
Bu-fort, as they say in South Carolina, was a pleasant surprise. It was small, certainly in comparison to Charleston, but just as quaint, and old, and not nearly so crowded. We stayed at the marina (maybe the lack …