A recent email with a fellow boater/friend reminded me of a few incidents while traveling north in March. The first occurred in that stretch of the ICW between Wrightsville Beach north to Morehead City.We happened upon by chance, a group of 3 motors …
4/21/2011 WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO NEW RIVER, NC
THURSDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 31 NM DOCKED AT: SWAN MARINA, NEW RIVER, NCICW MILE MARKER: 247SUNRISE: 6:33 SUNSET: 7:47HIGH: 81  …
April 22 – Fort Myers, FL
Day 47 – Too Many BoatsFort Myers Yacht BasinWe left our beautiful anchorage and headed to Ft. Myers this morning. When you turn east on the Caloosahatichee River heading to Fr. Myers you are entering the Okeechobee Waterway and are at the end of the G…
More about Istanbul
Randal and I spent the morning wandering around Izmir lost in the confusion of streets around the bazaar. Everyone tried to help us, and thankfully Randal is good with a map because if not we’d still be wandering around out there.…
Back in the Land of Plenty!
Wow…I’m sort of speechless….in culture shock. This wasn’t expected, to be honest. After seven months aboard in the Caribbean, I am seeing parts of the United States from a new point of view now that we are back; I feel like I’ve just come out of a …
Pensacola Beach to The Wharf Marina, Orange Beach Alabama
We had the anchor up and were on the way from Pensacola Beach at 8:40, winds were light in the morning but soon picked up to about 10 K. There was a lot of pleasure boat traffic as today is a holiday for many, Good Friday, making it a three day w…
Charleston, South Carolina
We decided to spend the day touring Charleston. Started with Fort Sumter, which is located out in the harbor outside of Charleston, built upon a shoal which was enlarged to an island to hold the fort. The ride to the fort involved a half hour on a ferr…
Friday, 4/22/11
1,217 miles from Key West Narrow path 6′ deep Going Up 8′! 7:30 a.m. bridge opening N 36′ 50.633′/W 076′ 17.617′ Norfolk, VA We orginally planned to sleep in, eat a leisurely breakfast, take showers and leave midmorning and catch the 1:30 lock opening at the southern end of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal. But, […]
April 19 through 21 Tuesday through Thursday
Tuesday through Thursday, Morehead City, NC: Not much to report these last few days. Spent 4 days in Morehead City, NC. We got caught up on some things and we rented a car for the day. I had a list a mile long of stops…
Captain’s Log February 21 to April 14, 2011
The Great Mango Run – Costa Rica from Papagayo to Golfito
After Gus and Lyle left for home, Rebecca and I decided to rent a car and see the country. Cars here are expensive: one week for a small Korean car was $215, but with taxes and insurance…
