We have been on the go since leaving Annapolis last December. Having made it down to the Bahamas and back up to the Chesapeake Bay, [...]
Read MoreWhen asking the locals if we should go to Baltimore, we got mixed reviews. Most said that we should go because it’s a fun time [...]
Read MoreThe perfect culmination of cruising the Upper Chesapeake is to make a successful passage through the C & D Canal. The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal [...]
Read MoreSince we made it Annapolis earlier this year, we wanted to explore further up the Chesapeake. After researching possible destinations in the Upper Chesapeake, we [...]
Read MoreSince our last post, we’ve rebounded from engine and fender challenges. While we were licking our wounds and getting Nymeria back into cruising form, we [...]
Read MoreIn our last post, we were having some engine overheating troubles which we were able to determine were caused by heat exchanger issues (blocked tubes [...]
Read MoreSince our last post in the Bahamas, we safely and quietly made it back to the states and have been making our way up the [...]
Read MoreOnce we decided to stay in the Abacos, we made sort of a “bucket list” of what we would like to do with our remaining [...]
Read MoreWith another storm system in the forecast, we needed an anchorage that had protection from the southeast through northeast as wind was expected to shift [...]
Read MoreAfter riding out a storm in Marsh Harbour, we decided to get a change of scenery for the next wave of storms predicted to come [...]
Read MoreWe spent multiple nights relaxing off the grid at Great Guana and Man-O-War Cays but decided to head into Marsh Harbour as some weather was [...]
Read MoreAround Whale Cay: Green Turtle Cay to Great Guana Cay The Sea of Abaco is split into Northern and Southern portions by a shoal (shallow [...]
Read MoreAfter spending 3 nights at Manjack/Nunkack Cay and after being away from “civilization” for a bit, we were excited to head to Green Turtle Cay. [...]
Read MoreWe were happy to spend 3 nights at the marina in Spanish Cay to sit out weather but it was time to move on. With [...]
Read MoreWhile recharging our travel batteries and spending the holidays in the Chesapeake, we worked out our cruising goals for 2024. We were playing around with [...]
Read MoreIn our last blogpost, we had just made a mad dash up to Norfolk and Nymeria’s 7th state, Virginia! We were able to find a [...]
Read MoreShannon and I have lived onboard Nymeria for over five years now. Much of that time was spent tied up and plugged in at a [...]
Read MoreNow that we have finished the full repower of the diesel engine on Nymeria, it is probably time for a complete update. The process was [...]
Read MoreFor fun, we decided to let chatgpt, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) chat bot write our blog post about our passage from Galveston, TX to Mobile [...]
Read MoreIt was 8 years ago this week that this sailing bug really hit me. Before that sailing was a thing that I had done on [...]
Read MoreWe spent multiple nights relaxing off the grid at Great Guana and Man-O-War Cays but decided to head into Marsh Harbour as some weather was coming in. The wind was expected to gust into the high 20 knots and switch from the South/SouthEast to a NorthWest/North wind. We also were told that Marsh Harbour was the place to go to […]
The Sea of Abaco is split into Northern and Southern portions by a shoal (shallow area) that is 4-5’ deep between Treasure Cay on Great Abaco Island and Whale Cay, which is one of the barrier islands. In order to get from Green Turtle Cay to our next destination, Great Guana Cay, in the southern Abacos, we would have to […]
After spending 3 nights at Manjack/Nunkack Cay and after being away from “civilization” for a bit, we were excited to head to Green Turtle Cay. This island is only 3 miles long but divided into 2 halves with the White Sound to the North and the Black Sound to the South. The White Sound is known for its beaches and […]
We were happy to spend 3 nights at the marina in Spanish Cay to sit out weather but it was time to move on. With more rain in the forecast, we took in local knowledge and decided to head to the protected Northern anchorage of Manjack/Nunjack Cay (it is known by either name, depending on who you talk to or […]
While recharging our travel batteries and spending the holidays in the Chesapeake, we worked out our cruising goals for 2024. We were playing around with multiple options but the ones that kept rising to the top were: 1) stop cruising and go back to Colorado or 2) stay on the East Coast for the winter and see how far north […]
After 3 weeks of settling into Norfolk / Portsmouth, we realized that it was only September and there were still a few months of warmth to be had. We had been told that sailing the Chesapeake Bay was phenomenal, under the right conditions, and that there are so many cute little towns to go to and explore. Neither Justin nor […]
In our last blogpost, we had just made a mad dash up to Norfolk and Nymeria’s 7th state, Virginia! We were able to find a marina in the heart of downtown Norfolk at their Waterside District. Since we had just spent 3-ish weeks in small towns getting to Norfolk, we were very excited to traipse around a bigger city. Though […]
While we were in Wilmington, we began to wonder what our endgame was for this northern trek up the east coast. This decision felt pretty important as we were watching hurricanes line up out in the Atlantic. When we started this whole adventure, we had initially thought that if we made it as far as Oriental, NC, we would be […]
After waiting out a series of storms in Georgetown, SC, we set out for Wilmington, NC. Again, we had hoped to go offshore for an overnight sail but there was a threat of offshore, evening thunderstorms that kept us to the ICW. Since it’s not advisable to motor in the dark in the ICW, we had to split our trip […]
The 3rd oldest town in South Carolina, behind Charleston and Beaufort, is Georgetown. It’s the 2nd largest seaport, behind Charleston, with a history of transporting indigo, rice and later timber from the area. With its population of less than 10,000, it’s a lovely, quaint and historic waterfront community. We had not intentionally set out to visit Georgetown since we had […]