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Savannah is a new port for us and one we were eager to visit this time. We passed by it in 2013 mostly because you need to travel 7 nautical miles off the ICW to actually reach Savannah, which translates into … Continued
I’m getting a little behind in my blog posts, so I will try to catch up bit by bit. We said goodbye to Charleston on Monday, October 26th. The night before we had a happy hour with Magnolia and Simple … Continued
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
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
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
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
It’s been a busy, but fragmented summer, but I don’t mean that in a negative way, just descriptive. We never took any “long” (a week or longer) trips with the boat. We mostly spent 2-5 days on the boat, then were … Continued
That seems like a curious title for a blog, but that is exactly what this week was. We introduced our youngest grandchild to the boat, and we celebrated 21 years of marriage. Aaron, now 5, and Ella, now 2, have … Continued
Is this a nature blog, a history blog, a travel blog, or a boating blog? Mostly the latter three. I think. Remember our June visit to Trawler Fest in Essex when we joined the association called Marine Trawler Owners Association? MTOA’s Northeast … Continued
I bet that title caught your attention! Thought I would throw in an equation for a change of pace. Block Island (BI) is another favorite destination in New England. I have done other blog posts about Block (July 2013, August … Continued