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 […]
We left New Bern on Friday night and had an absolutely stunning sail down the Neuse River. Sunset was gorgeous, and we were flying along – Chris said the highest he saw was 8.3kts over ground. Unfortunately I was absolutely exhausted and didn’t fully enjoy it. Instead of stopping at the same spot we anchored […]
It was a flat calm morning with a fog so light that it was more of a mist as we hauled anchor at Mile Hammock. We were the second boat in the anchorage to leave. I found Mile Hammock and the surrounding area to be really pretty, as was the whole section of ICW through […]
We departed Southport Marina bright and early on a calm, quiet morning and had current in our favor as we headed into the Cape Fear River. We loved our time in Southport, but it felt good to cast off the lines once more. We passed a HUGE container ship on the way, but that was […]
Roll. Slam! Roll. Slam! We left Charleston with a favorable current and raised sail in the harbor. It was gustier than the forecast called for, but it was generally beautiful sailing. (Jack strongly disagreed.) We reached the harbor entrance just after the Charleston Race Week pursuit race start, and we joked that we can now […]
Our goal for the remainder of the week was to make as much distance north as possible, with the hope of ending up in Charleston. The first day back on the ICW was such a contrast to open ocean sailing, and it was strange to be back on murky brown waters and dealing with so […]