After leaving Marathon / Boot Key, we made our first turn north and up the east coast of Florida. Since our boat draft is too deep for the rest of the Keys and with Miami not really being our scene, we headed to Boca Raton to see our friends Joe and Bree. We met Joe quickly after we moved onto […]
After leaving Key West, we spent 3 weeks in Marathon / Boot Key before heading out of the Keys to our current location, Boca Raton, FL. We traveled the 50nm / 8hrs to the Safe Harbor Marina due to some generator issues. Without a functional generator, we were not able to use our water maker or keep our batteries topped […]
It has been asked how we get around once we get to a new location. We have our big boat, Nymeria, to get us safely from port to port but once we get to a place, we have to figure out a way to get around. Since our truck is in storage in Texas, we need other ways to get […]
Shannon and I have lived onboard Nymeria for over five years now. Much of that time was spent tied up and plugged in at a marina. Since arriving in the Florida Keys over a month ago, we’ve spent nearly all of it on a mooring ball. For as much time as I spent studying and optimizing my power usage, being […]
After spending a number of days in the beautiful Marco Island, we were ready to head further south, in fact, the farthest south that we could go in the US, Key West. The weather window was good with no wind starting off and expecting to build with the wind behind us. So, we prepared to motor until we could put […]
We were reluctant to leave Pensacola but it was time to head further south. We would have loved to stop off at Fort Meyers for a bit but I had read on cruiser forums that the channels around the area had changed and sites/marinas were still damaged from Hurricane Ian in September 2022. So, instead of having just a day […]
We had just weathered a cold front and with another one heading our way, I started seriously looking for a weather window to head south to warmer weather. So, after 9 days in Pensacola, we took advantage of a lull between storms and headed south to Tampa Bay with Clearwater, Florida being our first stop. It took us almost 68 […]
We spent a lovely 20 days in Mobile, AL sightseeing and repairing our engine exhaust. Though we did enjoy our time there, we definitely felt a strong urge to move on. We left our safe harbor of the marina and started our journey east on a chilly and gusty Saturday, January 28. We were excited, and notably anxious, about officially […]
Since our trip from Galveston didn’t quite end as planned, we are determined to make the most out of our stay here in Mobile Bay as we await repairs to get back underway. To end our trip around Louisiana, we were planning on anchoring at Dauphin Island for a few nights then heading into the ICW (Intercoastal Water Way) to […]
Now that we have finished the full repower of the diesel engine on Nymeria, it is probably time for a complete update. The process was significantly more difficult than we had planned. It took nearly a year from the decision to proceed, to the day we left the work dock under our own power. There were several issues during the […]
