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 […]
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 […]
After a lovely week in Beaufort, the 2nd oldest city in South Carolina, we were headed to the Oldest City, Charleston. Originally founded in 1670 as one of the original 13 colonies, it has a rich history of prosperity and struggle. With it’s prime coastal location, Charleston played key roles in the both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and almost […]
We finally made it out of Florida with our trip from St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA. We were super excited to cross this milestone off our list. We finally found a weather window to travel the 147nm / 27 hours offshore and up the Wilmington River to stay at the Thunderbolt Marina. For our 11 day stay, we were […]
We had a lovely and busy stay in Titusville and Orlando but it was time to move on to St. Augustine. We had this stop on our “must do” list from the start of this adventure. Justin has family just north in Jacksonville but we’ve only just visited St. Augustine for lunch at Cap’s On the Water followed by a […]
After spending 2 weeks at anchor in Lake Boca Raton, we finally had a weather window to move further north to Cape Canaveral and Titusville, FL. It was predicted to be a smooth ride up the Gulf Stream then a bumpy ride into Port Canaveral and that’s what we got. I would have to say that sailing in 12-16 knots […]
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 […]
