I’ll admit that our last passage rattled me enough that I was dreading our next one. I was so busy right up to departure that I didn’t have time to dwell on it (thankfully), but as we waited for the Bridge of Lions, I had a knot in my stomach. Conditions were predicted to be […]
Not our easiest passage… although I feel like I’m saying that a lot lately. After tropical depression Nicole moved on, it was time for us to do the same. We left into a SW breeze, which was exactly the direction we needed to go. We spent a lot of time beating, and the starboard tacks […]
We left Beaufort on Saturday evening as the blow that had been hanging around started to move off. We were sad to say goodbye to Lori and Paul, who came by to help with our lines, but that’s part of cruising life (and we’re pretty sure they’ll catch us in Charleston). Departure was easy and […]
We enjoyed our time in Portsmouth/Norfolk, and it felt SO good to finally be cruising again. We took a day off to explore, but being a Monday, EVERYTHING was closed. Even still, we had fun walking around, grabbing lunch at Grain and stopping in at Prince Books. The rest of the week flew by, and […]
We didn’t have particularly good luck with weather this fall. The first weekend we could have left, Hurricane Fiona was off the coast, and the following weekend, the remnants of Ian came up and and sat off the coast for a few days. While we don’t maintain schedule, the colder, shorter days were a constant […]
We were excited to finally leave Deltaville after five weeks. After what felt like an eternity, we closed on Windara and began the whirlwind process of moving aboard. Saturday afternoon, we cast off the lines to continue our journey home. Our shakedown to Annapolis turned up a few issues that the survey hadn’t but also […]
With this being our final weekend on Silent Sky, we wanted to squeeze every second out of it, and I’d call it a success. With a single reef in the sails in 15-20kts of breeze, I fell off onto a broad reach headed across the Bay. It had been breezy for a while, and as […]
Chesapeake Bay sailing is AMAZING, and I’m officially jealous of any of you for whom this is home base. We had a slow morning on anchor in Jackson Creek, and as a very faint breeze filled in, we got under way. It was just enough to get us moving under sail but with only a […]
After exiting the Dismal Swamp, we passed through Norfolk, bringing our first round trip transit of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to a close (mile marker 0 is just off Hospital Point and the Nauticus museum). It was a pretty emotional experience, completing another chapter on this amazing journey. We couldn’t help but reflect on how […]
On our way down the ICW in the fall we had hoped to run the Dismal Swamp route, but timing didn’t work out so we ended up taking the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. We were excited to take a different route home and experience the Dismal Swamp for ourselves. We were up early to be […]