Days 88-94 – St. Augustine to Beaufort, S.C.

We hated to leave St. Augustine because it's such a great city to visit but the time came and we departed heading north.  The last several stops have been uneventful including one marina that was listed on the Active Captain website as "rusti…

Encinal Assualt 2011

I don’t have time for details now but I wanted to post some photos from the yacht club cruise to Encinal.  these are mostly just photos of all the boats we had packed in there.  You’ll see the difference from Friday (top photos) to Saturday (…

Eastern Shore

June 29, 2011Harris Creek, St. Michael’sCruising the Chesapeake Eastern Shore is a trip of its own.   It’s as if we stepped back in time, stopped the clock, held our breath, held the whole world still, for that matter.  The peacefu…

Chesapeake Living

Solomons Island Light house June 22, 2011Solomons Island Leason Cove38°20.024 N076°26.485 WWith its reputation as the yachting center of the Chesapeake, we did expect Solomons Island to be crowded with boats.  How VERY crowded was what ga…

Spanked and Crashed

June 22, 2011When it comes to skippering, I’m not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, pick of the litter, top of the heap… you get the idea: I’m pretty dismal.  So, after 18 months on the water, JP—who is now comfortable with his skil…

Back To The Boat!

I apologize for the hiatus from blog posts these past few weeks! Life on the hard has been busy — fabulously so — filled with fun family events from weddings and relaxation time together to travel and adventure. It just hasn’t been on the high seas, …

#35 June 2011 The Abacos – Treasure Cay – Green Turtle – Crab Cay – Great Sale – West End. Ft. Pierce – Merritt Island – New Smyrna – Palm Coast, Florida. St. Simons Island, GA

The cruising destinations that we’ve chosen over the past couple of months could be called “The Lost Bahamas”. The Bahamians wouldn’t consider them “lost” but for us who live on the other side of the Gulf Stream, the islands we’ve visited seem ‘mispla…

June 24 – June 26, 2011

Danny, Susan, Dave and Joanne Going to the Farmers MarketLets Buy Some BreadThis Little Girl does not Look Happy – I Think People are Paying for her not to Play – She Should Practice in the ClosetComing Back from the Farmers Market – Some of the Purcha…

Arrived at our first Tennessee Destination: Chattanooga

We promised earlier to post some more pics/videos of the “Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River.”  Connectivity was bad then.  It’s much better here so we will include those pics here now.  First, here is our cruise map for our final …

Arrived at our first Tennessee Destination: Chattanooga

We promised earlier to post some more pics/videos of the “Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River.”  Connectivity was bad then.  It’s much better here so we will include those pics here now.  First, here is our cruise map for our final …