Irene news from the Exumas

Heard from a good source that several of the Cays in the Pipe Creek area were okay, but still nothing about Compass Cay as of yet. We monitor the internet at Compass and as of right now it’s still down; we’re hoping because the weather is blocking the …

It’s looking worser and worser.

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday Irene was forecast to nail Cape Cod. While Irene is still a long way off, the computer model tracks are starting to converge in my area. This ain’t looking good for folks in North Carolina who will be among the …

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Maintenance and boat work, storms and worry

Since our return from the Abacos, Equinox has been the object of our attentions! Alas, we’re not cruising, but instead, we’ve spent the last month coordinating various work projects aboard her. While aboard this last month, we compiled a long list of n…

Waiting for Irene

In anticipation of hurricane Irene the Navy has brought some of their fleet of racing sailboats into Weems Creek. There are seven Navy buoys located in this area and more Navy buoys in Luce and Clements Creeks where the rest of the fleet went. (C…

Aug. 24 – Baltimore, MD

Day 159 – The Calm Before the StormAnchorage MarinaIt was another beautiful morning, and again we took our time enjoying a peaceful anchorage. We only had a ten mile run into Baltimore, so no reason to get in a hurry.  We cruised into the Inner Ha…

Early in the morning

We got into a routine of leaving early in the morning and after a couple of hours we stop to have a peaceful breakfast at anchor.

At anchor in Bulgaria

 We anchor out almost every night in Bulgaria as we can  not find too many marinas.While at anchor in this particular place we met this fisherman who caught this large cat fishHe demonstrated his “fish call” devise which makes a “Whoop….Who…

Belogradchik Bulgaria

In “Vidin”  we  checked into Bulgaria. 
 These are the rock formation in this area and are nominated for the “new” 7 wonders of the world.

Luganville, Espirito Santo

From Vao we headed a short hop up to the island of Espirito Santo and the town of Luganville. We powered through the Segond Channel and hit the tides and resultant currents just right. We normally cruise at about 6 knots but we were seeing speeds ove…