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Brunswick, GA

    Palm Coast cottage Our run from St. Augustine takes us through Palm Valley, with some of Florida’s prime real estate fronting the ICW. We experienced some fairly strong squalls in the afternoon, but nothing other than some wind and rain. We arr…

The Day After

The Day After THE most perfect wedding (Continued…)

Our First Look at Costa Rica. Pura Vida!

As Pax Nautica and Serena Ray were settling into their neighboring slips in Marina Papagayo on April 2, we knew it marked the end of our time together as buddy boats this season. Sea Quest had already crossed the bay to anchor for a few days, and John …

Wedding Festivities

Think Sound of Music and you will have the stunning landscape in your mind. We are still in Italy, but Austrian/German language dominates and the architecture of the houses is alpine.  (Continued…)

North to Prince Rupert

No posts for the next 3-4 days as we head into Northern BC

Fury Cove to Shearwater via Namu

After a peaceful night at anchor rafted next to Sea Jay, Miriam and I got up and began Mother’s Day with breakfast and then launched the tender and took a photo tour of Fury Cove in the sunshine. During the very early morning hours most of the boats a…

Port McNeill to Fury Cove

Or, what were you doing on opening day of yachting season??After a night of waking up at intervals (0130, 0400, 0700) to check the weather reports for Queen Charlotte Sound, and the buoy reports for “West Sea Otter” buoy, Jim Matheson and I initially d…

Green Turtle Cay

Saturday, May 7, 2011, Day 223. We dinghied Laurie and Brandy ashore for their flight to return home to Seattle. It was wonderful to be with them, and we hope Brandy’s cold goes away soon. We returned to Escapade, brought the dinghy on board, did …

Dent Island to Port McNeill

Orca’s near Green Point RapidsThe pod appeared to have at least 7 membersPutting on a show for usDeparting the sceneMay 6, 2011High slack water at Dent Rapids was predicted to be at 0649, an early wakeup. We had made arrangements the previous evening …

Marsh Harbour Again

Thursday, May 5, 2011, Day 221. Moderately high winds are predicted for the next few days, Laurie and Brandy leave on Saturday, we need to pick up our mail, and we need to prepare Escapade for her trip back to Florida. For the above reasons, we decid…