Wind Horse has her bow pointed towards Fort Lauderdale for a quick stop, and then off to the north. We’re just off the 600 foot (180m) depth contour, riding the Gulf Stream making 13.5 knots over the bottom. Marathon treated us to a lovely sunrise as we cleared the deck for sea.
And a variety of […]
Thursday (May 5) at 7:29 AM, we departed Brunswick Landing Marina for Sunberry, GA, a 65 mile run, which ultimately changed, midday, to a 94 mile run to Savannah.The toughest part of this run was finding marks for the ICW at the south east si…
We are enjoying River Dunes Marina. This new development of homes, clubhouse and marina is nothing less than gorgeous. There is a pool and two spas, spotless new bathrooms (yes!), bikes to borrow and more. They are trying to showcase, so the marina pri…
Conventional wisdom (i.e., local knowledge obtained from fellow boaters) universally favored running offshore rather than the Georgia ICW between Fernandina Beach and Savannah, GA. Most boaters felt the ICW had too many shallow spots an…
Beautiful sunny day today. The weather has warmed up again. Did boat chores all morning, then got the courtesy car and went into the town of Oriental. Found a great marine consignment store, always interesting to search for good finds among all the stu…
Man-O-War is famed for its boat building and the Albury name is known throughout the entire Bahamas. They have been building boats and sail making for almost 200 years.We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Joe Albury, he welcomed us to his shop to s…
(Monday May 9 – Dist: 92.4 mi; Avg Speed: 8.7 mph; TTT: 10:30 hrs)
It was tough leaving our friends on Jekyll but we needed to continue north. It was a very long day with much of the same low mud flats that were around Jekyll. It was low t…
We left Ocean Reef Resort this morning around 9:00. We had a beautiful day to cruise, good temperature, low winds, and not to big of waves. We went 30 miles to the West End on Grand Bahama Island. We didn’t go to the marina, however, because it costs $…
This portion of the journey (pushpins)
Our stay in Busuanga Island was filled with fun and meeting new friends. It was one of those rare places that we really did not want to leave, but we needed to move on if we were to visit all of the place…
As of today, Monday May 9, I am home in Ohio. Flew from Norfolk yesterday afternoon. Helped Janet in her class all day. Great to be home, but let’s see the cool happenings on Breaking Away since my posting last Wednesday.This is the Great Dismal Swamp …
