Nice weather again. So thankful. We hardly saw another boat until nearing Charleston today. Crab boats were working setting their crab 🦀 traps. Charlestown harbor busy with big ships 🚢 . We have to think ahead since they really travel faster than
Good weather, careful of the tides, lots of boating activity..Disabled boat caused a lot of havoc. Coast Guard involved, small channel, barge approaching…lots of radio chatter due to hazard. We noticed extraordinary long piers from houses due to tides. Beaufort, SC is
Wahoo Today’s route was 41 miles. We passed shallow waters with tide changes and currents but we had sunny weather and little wind. GA Intracoastal twists and turns which makes following the red and green markers crucial. We have the app navionics
100 mile day…11 hours on the helm…slow trawler… about 8 miles/ hr. Popped out into the Atlantic Ocean for 4 hours. Shrimp boats, rolling seas…popped back in to Intracoastal Waterway at Brunswick, GA…State crossing! Anchored in a beautiful, remote spot. On to
Northwinds but sunny skies made a 58 mile journey pleasant. Saw a few more stranded boats and beautiful homes and docks along the way. Passed Jacksonville Naval shipyard. Arrived to our first mooring ball. Took the dingy into town. Enjoyed a pirate’s
Sailed into St. Augustine yesterday. Lots of Northeasterly winds with rainy skies so we saw a rescue and old abandoned boats. Low bridge opened for us upon request. Enjoyed a day off bike riding into the oldest city in America.
Started right away at 6:45 AM with southerly winds pushing us along. Saw plenty of dolphins playing along side. Smoothe, calm day made for good progress up the coast for 72 miles and an 8 hour day. First day on the flybridge
Here are some of the highlights of the day…Sunny skies with no wind until noon. Followed a sailboat under a bridge… touched its top antenna. Teenagers on a pontoon boat with a new wakeboarder right in the pathway of the narrow route…
Today we started our Loop Adventure. Heading from Stuart Florida to Ft Pierce Florida. Smooth day until Ft Pierce – had to navigate around a disabled catamaran at the mouth of the Ft Pierce City Marina.
On the Blue Yonder