Captivated by Charleston’s Charm Again
It is hard to resist Charleston’s charm, so we didn’t even try. Be warned – This is a long blog post. I don’t want to forget any of this visit to one of my favorite cities of all time. In … Continued
Through the Waccamaw River
We made the next two days another new experience for this voyage by traveling in the ICW instead of going outside to the ocean. We heard the Waccamaw River is beautiful so off we went. In the cold! For three … Continued
From North to South Carolina
On Friday, October 16th, we left Southport and headed back into the ICW. In 2013, we traveled outside for this next stretch, exiting through Cape Fear Inlet and back in again at Little River, then out again and back in again … Continued
Southport, The Happiest Seaside Town in America
Before I write about Southport, we had to get to Southport, which means heading through Snows Cut and into the Cape Fear River, a 12-mile trip, only 2 hours from one anchorage to the next. We timed our passage in … Continued
North Carolina Beach Towns – Wrightsville & Carolina Beach
Back in 2013, Wrightsville Beach was a low point for me on the trip south. I was so eager to reach a beach, and Wrightsville Beach turned out to underwhelming and disappointing. It was also late October, which may account … Continued
Blues Skies & Sunshine over North Carolina
Six days of watchin’ and waitin’ for Joaquin in Oriental left us itching to move again. We departed from our favorite underwater dock, and I do mean favorite, because that dock was a safe haven for Kindred Spirit in threatening … Continued
Watchin’ Joaquin
Cruising on a boat is about careful planning, planning with a flexible twist. You have to plan and then you have to be ready to abandon it. We look ahead at the weather forecasts for many days out so that … Continued
Doin’ the Dismal
I still remember when I first heard of the Dismal Swamp Canal as part of the route we must take down the ICW. It sounded, dark and deep and, well, a little scary. In 2013 we were ready to give … Continued
Rainy Days in Hampton – A Rerun
Here we are again, two years later, waiting out wind and rains in Hampton. Coincidence? This time instead of the Hampton Town Piers, we are at Sunset Creek Boating Center. Even in the rain, they move boats around. SailFlow is … Continued
Chesapeakin’
On Saturday, September 19th, we made another early morning departure (early = pre-sunrise) from Cape May so that we could make it all the way up the Delaware Bay and into the Chesapeake-Delaware Canal to Chesapeake City. Now that we … Continued