Thursday, 4/21/11

Elizabeth City Choppy ride on the Abermarle Departing Alligator River Marina N 35′ 54.333′/W 76′ 13.467′ Free dock @ Elizabeth City, NC  Last town in NC Left Alligator River Marina in Columbia, NC at 7:30 a.m.  Gray skies but Alligator R. calm at 14 knots from North.  But, out in the Albermarle Sound the wind […]

ribs

April 12th I was boarding my boat with an armload of supplies. I had been using a half-full 5 gallon oil pail as a dock step. Well, the pail chose that moment to tip over and down I went on the concrete dock.I broke 4 ribs and will be out of commission…

Charleston City Docks, Charleston, SC

A huge repair facility along the intra coastalMiles of marsh along the route today.Left Beaufort this morning, had planned to anchor about half way between Beaufort and Charleston but the weather forecast called for storms so decided to make it a long …

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Bad news, the dock master’s contact didn’t have the part. So, we won’t be getting the pump that way. Tomorrow morning we are leaving the marina and moving just outside to anchor because it’s too expensive to keep staying here. We will wait for the weat…

Highborne Cay

We arrived in Highborne Cay today and what a beautiful island.  We made a special trip here to see the island because we just finished a book called “Life on a Rock” by Kate Albury.  Kate and her husband Peter left their life in Nassau in…

4/20/2011 THE PORTERS JOIN US AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC

WEDNESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NM DOCKED AT:    SEAPATH YACHT CLUB AND MARINA ICW MILE MARKER:    347SUNRISE: 6:34       SUNSET: 7:46HIGH: 90       &…

4/19/2011 MYRTLE BEACH, SC TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC

TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY:   60 NM DOCKED AT:   SEAPATH YACHT CLUB AND DOCKICW MILE MARKER:    284SUNRISE:    6:39     SUNSET:    7:46HIGH:    8…

Back (almost) to back to back to back

We have been back in Athens, Georgia taking care of family and getting a house ready for rental since returning to Jacksonville in January.In March we headed to Jacksonville to meet our friend Joan Elliott and make a run aboard SEASEA.  …

Speaking on April 28 in LA

Just a reminder that on Thursday, April 28, we will be speaking at the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey. The event is open to the public! No host cocktails begin at 6:15 pm, full buffet dinner served at 7:00 pm, and we will do our presentation after dinner. Cost is $20 per person […]

On the Road Again

4/15 – 4/17 – Even though we really enjoyed the MTOA Rendezvous, it was great to leave the marina and be on the road again. We are still traveling with Second Star and will, until we part company in a few days at Palm Coast where they now have a home…