Thoughts on Anchors
Other than the bilge drain plug, I can’t think of a single piece of gear that has seen more hours of use doing what it was intended to do than our anchor. Sure puts it’s importance in perspective doesn’t it. …
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Conception Island
We departed Clarencetown, Long Island sailing nearly due north to Conception Island, part of the Bahamas protected National Trust. Originally intended as an overnight stop on our route to Cat Island, we decided to pause for a few days to…
Back in the Bahamas!
As I sit in the gazebo of the Outer Edge Grill in Clarencetown, Long Island in the Bahamas admiring the various shades of turquoise water and the hint of a turquoise hue in the sky from the extensive shallow banks…
Beautiful Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is continuing to impress us an interesting place to visit between the friendly people, the history, culture and scenery. Regrettably we do have to move on and the forecast is shaping up for a Monday departure for our…
San Juan: Our Final Caribbean Port
We spent a few days in Culebra following our departure from the USVI as it was one of our favourites last year. We have since moved on and have spent a few days touring what we expect will be our…
A Brief tour of the Chesapeake Bay
Following the boat show, we sought a more protected anchorage to get some rest and moved up river to Weems Creek, which it turns out was nearly a repeat of our experience last February in Christmas Cove. We met…
Headed for PEI
We finally decided that we couldn’t wait any longer for summer to arrive on the east coast so we set off in hopes that it will come looking for us. Unfortunately our leisurely sail out of Arichat harbour progressively slowed…
What’s Next?
After spending 6 weeks on land, what the heck are we doing next? Truth is we’ve been trying to figure this out ourselves, but think we’ve come up with a rough idea of a plan that will keep us travelling…
Signs You Aren’t Cruising in the Islands Anymore
Our boating life has changed notably the past few weeks, so here are some of our observations about how life has changed since the islands and the signs that we may have gone north too quickly.
Leg 2 – Beaufort to Atlantic City
We departed Beaufort, NC with light winds which saw as motor or motor sailing half of our 60 or so hour trip to Atlantic City. This is one of the downfalls of being on a schedule, but on the bright…