Woke up to clouds, looked like it could rain, but never did more than sprinkle. Had a visit this morning from Richard Nick, Harbor Host here in Cape May. He and his wife have a condo overlooking the Cape May Canal, so they can watch boats entering Cape…
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Sanford, FL – 6/4/11
Last night we made plans for breakfast that involved catching the ferry across the river at 8:30 a.m. As we waited for the ferry I took this picture of our boats at the marina. Left to right – Lucky One, Quest & Moor $tuff. The river is down severa…
Utch’s Marina, Cape May, New Jersey
The Ship John Shoal lightThis big boat looks like it is about to run over CrawdadPassed by the Salem Nuclear Power Plant todayDocks at Delaware City MarinaLeft Delaware City this morning after filling with fuel. Delayed our departure until we could hav…
DeLand, FL – 6/3/11
After a very peaceful night on Murphy’s Creek, we got up and was faced with …A beautiful sight on the water. You really have to look close to see where the land ends and the water begins. There were all kinds of sounds last night from frogs croaking,…
Delaware City Marina, Delaware City, Delaware
An historic building here in Delaware City; it used to be a hotel with living quarters for the owners attached, not sure if that accounts for the different shape of the building.The marina here is great, provided breakfast for the boaters this mo…
Murphy’s Creek (BFE), FL – 6/2/11
This morning we left the Ortega Yacht Club at 9 a.m. and headed up the St. Johns River (actually south since it flows north).First order of business was to call the Ortega River bridge for an opening which was ready for us as we approached. Ortega Yach…
Delaware City Marina, Delaware City, Delaware
We hesitated about whether to move on today; the forecast was for higher winds than we like, but we were travelling for the most part in protected waters. We did leave Sassafras Harbour Marina, with the proviso that if it got rough, we would pull in so…
Jacksonville, FL – 6/1/11
Preparations to pull out of Palm Cove Marina began shortly after 8 a.m.Moor $tuff was on the face dock in front of the 2 dry storage sheds with hundreds of boats inside stacked to the ceilings.Lucky One with Huen & Cricket pulled over to the fuel d…
Sassafras Harbour Marina, Georgetown, Maryland
Another hot humid day; it was a pleasure to be outin the boat where we could create some air with the movement of the boat. Left Baltimore this morning, travelling out of the Patapsco River, into Chesapeake Bay toward the Sassafras River. Travelled pas…
Jacksonville Beach, FL – 5/31/11
Moor $tuff, Lucky One & Quest left Rivers Edge Marina at 9:30 this morning for the 35 mile run to Jacksonville Beach. We did not go on into Jacksonville today for a couple reasons, it was another 17 mile or so plus we have to time the tide on the S…
