Washington, DC will be our home for the month of May. We arrived at Gangplank Marina just steps from all that DC has to offer after a mostly uneventful but quick cruise north. Staci successfully completed the car tango and flew back to the boat in Stuart. We turned in the rental she used to get from [Read More…]
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Underway at Last
Heading north today gave us our first taste of really stifling heat after a beautiful month in Charleston, South Carolina. We piloted from the flybridge to catch the occasional breeze and found ourselves in direct confrontation with legions of monster…
No One Is Smoldering
April 30 – May 3, 2012Remarkably, all of the FLUKESTERS have managed to stay mostly happy and busy while we have waited out the windy weather. The days have blown by since we have kept busy with boat repairs, neglected maintenance chores, shopping …
Here We Go Again!
April 28 – 29, 2012On a mooring at Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart FloridaWelcome aboard to those of you who have vicariously cruised along with us on our other adventures and to those who may be trying out the lifestyle for the first time. My writing styl…
Emergency Repairs
Over the last few months I have discussed the woes of boating, in particular from the maintenance point of view. We had our major mechanical malfunction while in the Bahamas with the ruptured oil cooler for the transmissi…
Not so Nice Here.
Now we are experiencing the ugly side of spring. Last night a cold front blew in and woke to temps in the mid thirties and flurries. By mid afternoon we warmed into the 40’s, and a cool rain fell most of the day. We need the ra…
Back In The Exumas
This past week has been very busy with land adventures and adventures on the water. On Sunday we traveled through the Dismal Swamp Canal. The canal is a little like the interstate, straight and boring. Sunday …
Still Lovin Spring and Just What is Keeping Us Busy?
Still spring here – but, we have taken a break from yard clean up – yeah. Rick is working on a rebuilding the deck/steps at our commercial rental property and Deb is trying to get back into her workout schedule – yuk. Our Granddaughter was in a h…
Spring is springing and it’s good to be home.
We left Atlantic Yacht Basin on Monday the 16th of April – approximately 1,300 miles separate us from Broulee right now. The trip was good, stopping for an overnight near Cleveland and then coasting into White Bear Lake, Minnesota around 6:30 the…
The Pasquotank River
When you depart the Alligator River in North Carolina and are heading north, you must make a navigational decision – ICW Route 1 through Coinjock or ICW Route 2 through the Dismal Swamp. We have always chosen Route 1 through C…
