One of the best things about this lifestyle is getting to meet so many other people with similar interests. Another member of the Catalina Owners Association reached out and offered to meet up and help us provision or get anything we needed. We were already well stocked, just having done a provisioning run in Belhaven, […]
Today was one of the days I was most looking forward to on this trip. When we did this trip with our friend, I was in awe the whole time and I couldn’t wait to do it on our boat. It’s one of those places that you truly have to experience to fully appreciate, and […]
I was glad to see the sunrise, and by the time we finished breakfast, the parade of boats heading south was already under way. As we navigated the twisty section of channel immediately following our anchorage, I was especially glad that we’d been able to drop the hook. Being over-tired, I was prone to being […]
It was too dark to see the daymarks, but we were in an area where missing the channel meant a high probability of running afoul of fish stakes, grounding or both. Not knowing where the channel was headed, it was hard for me to buoy spot. I pulled up the charts on Chris’s phone in […]
I was so excited to finally be starting the ICW, but today was not without its challenges. The wind was up, and it made getting off the dock and getting fuel difficult. That delayed us enough that we didn’t think we could make the 1100 lock for the Dismal Swamp, and missing that meant we […]
After three or four days of sustained 20kt winds with 25kt gusts, yesterday was finally settled enough for us to depart mid-afternoon. While I was a little sad to leave Deltaville behind, I was happy to finally move on. Periods of rain and drizzle mixed with sunny skies, creating amazingly dramatic skies, including a few […]
We got under way just before dawn on Saturday morning to make our run to Solomons. It was a beautiful morning, if chilly, and we had a gorgeous sunrise as we left. The trip was easy, and we got in relatively early – which was probably a good thing since the anchorages are tight and […]
We debated whether to make our next stop the Chesapeake or go offshore straight to Norfolk, VA. Skipping the Chesapeake entirely would save us a few weeks, but we had both really been looking forward to some Chesapeake sailing. Our original plan was to stay for the Annapolis boat show, but that would have had […]
It was a gray morning when we hauled anchor, but as we got under way, the sun started to break through the clouds. It felt so strange to be leaving our home waters of the past eight years – pulling out into the Sound and seeing Execution for the last time, passing Stepping Stones and City […]
We spent yesterday finishing all the last-minute errands, provisioning, organizing, and making sure we had everything we’d need for the next eight months. I took the day off from work and even so, I felt like I barely had time to get everything done. We left Huguenot for the last time this season in a […]