After Nassau we make our way down to the Exumas. This is where the fun really begins! We are wowed by the sheer beauty of the waters, beaches and little cays. There is so much to explore and so much to enjoy, it’s hard to capture in words or pictures. It’s worth a visit andContinue reading “Exploring the Exumas – a sailors playground!”
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Finally! The Bahamas
Our Christmas wish comes true and we finally have a weather window to cross from West Palm, Florida to West End, Grand Bahamas. Almost our whole group of boats ventures out eager to finally get to warmer weather and that fabled blue water. With some knots in our stomachs we head out – afterall thisContinue reading “Finally! The Bahamas”
The Floridian Curse: Being stuck in West Palm
We were travelling down the ICW through Florida, where the bridges become more numerous and also lower. Often we saw boards showing bridge heights of 62’. With our air draft of 61’ we can clear those no problem, but as we went along more and more of the bridges were opening swing or bascule bridges,Continue reading “The Floridian Curse: Being stuck in West Palm”
Florida ICW: and 40 bridges!
We finally make it to Florida via the ICW. Our plan was originally to go all the way down to Miami, but we are playing with the idea of leaving from West Palm. Before we get there, we stop in St. Augustine, where we finally meet up with some new friends and have way tooContinue reading “Florida ICW: and 40 bridges!”
Georgia Swamps and Barrier Islands
Georgia is said to be the toughest of the ICW, as it has so many small rivers that run through shallow marshy areas, connected by sounds open to the Atlantic. But it also has some of the most beautiful barrier islands, and old southern historic city’s such as Savannah. For us, it offered so muchContinue reading “Georgia Swamps and Barrier Islands”
“Life is like a box of chocolates…” – Sailing South Carolina
After our grounding fiasco by Browns Inlet in the ICW and with the windy weather subsiding for a little, we were eager to actually sail and decided to make a jump from Cape Fear/ Southport, North Carolina to Charleston, South Carolina. There we have a quick meet up with our friends Julie and Patrice fromContinue reading ““Life is like a box of chocolates…” – Sailing South Carolina”
ICW adventures, Virginia to North Carolina
Now we have reached the end of the beautiful sailing grounds of the Chesapeake Bay and we start our first miles on the ICW. This way we are circumventing the sometimes hazardous wind and wave conditions around Cape Hatteras, a very pronounced point reaching out into the Atlantic on Hatteras Island, a large barrier island inContinue reading “ICW adventures, Virginia to North Carolina”
The Delaware and the Chesapeake
After our brief 2 day Atlantic jaunt along the Jersey shore we are now in protected coastal waters again, travelling up the Delaware river, through the Chesapeake and Delaware canal and into the sailing haven of the vast Chesapeake Bay. We have had some awesome sails, hung out with boating friends, and attended the AnnapolisContinue reading “The Delaware and the Chesapeake”
New York and the New Jersey coast
Remember what happened when we sailed into Halifax, Nova Scotia? They declared a state of emergency! It was the rainiest weekend they had seen in years and broke the record rainfall of 250mm in one day. Well, we did it again! Sailing into NYC, tropical storm Ophelia was causing strong North East winds and rainContinue reading “New York and the New Jersey coast”
Sailing the Long Island Sound: Connecticut
As Hurricane Lee passes to the North of us we hunker down in a protected mooring basin in historic Old Saybrook, CT, where we finally get to hang out with our good friends and canoeing buddies from University days. We also have some great nights at some very interesting Island anchorages and spend my birthdayContinue reading “Sailing the Long Island Sound: Connecticut”
Sailing Vitae 