Bahamas: Little Farmer's Cay to Emerald Bay, wind 20 kts hard,
(30d off port,) sea 6-9 hard, crew sick. Passage difficult, but done.
4:10 AM Mar 28 via web
Portuguese Man of War, as far as you can see, floating like empty plastic
bottles, or under foot on the beach, popping like bubble wrap.
5:32 AM Mar 6th via web
Tomorrow we cross the Gulf Stream. Weather favorable. Bimini by 1400.
Charted depths over 2500. Wonder what I can catch in that much H2O?
2:45 PM Feb 28th via web
Rough passage Miami-Ft Laud. Winds to 25. Motor-sailed with jib.
SOG 8.3 with following 6-9 seas. All crew unhappy. Boat solid but tossed.
3:43 PM Feb 9th via Tweetie
Underway 0500 for Dry Tortugas, 70 nm into Gulf. Dark. Anxious.
Engine, autopilot issues fixed? Next 3 days will tell.
9:12 AM Jan 23rd from Tweetie
"Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain,
and not always right at the top." Hunter S. Thompson
8:29 AM Jan 15th from web
Beans and Lou-Lou were waterside raising hell at a nearby pelican which
swam over calmly, grabbed Beans' head and puller her in. Too funny!
6:25 AM Jan 7th from web
Last leg to Key West. Wind 17kts off starboard quarter. SOG 7.9. Seas 2ft.
Awesome sailing. 8:05 AM Dec 22nd, 2009 from Tweetie
Keys to starboard, Atlantic to port, mid-80s, water temp 87 and blue,
blue, blue. Trolling w/o luck - so far, but several yesterday. Bliss.
10:58 AM Dec 16th, 2009 from Tweetie
Straits of Florida, under sail in 17kts, seas 5-7', heavy skies, lower 80s,
rocking and a little pounding, but this does not suck.
8:53 AM Dec 11th, 2009 from Tweetie
Palm Beach to Ft Lauderdale on ICW, 40 NM, 18 draw bridges, and
something menacing called "The Canyon."
7:59 AM Dec 8th, 2009 from Tweetie
Into a 25'-wide berth with a 21' beam and 15kts dead amidships is not
fun. (I'm told I touched nothing.) (I don't know, I couldn't watch.)
3:21 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
50' water, SOG 7.1, 3 lines out: 1w/downrigger & gr squid, 1/w
downrigger & silver spoon, 1 bl popping surface. No hint of life below.
10:24 AM Nov 30th, 2009 from Tweetie
Day sailing, North Atlantic. Objective: 0. Wind NNE 10, seas 2-4.
No fish biting, yet. Peace and serenity. (Send fish.)
12:06 PM Nov 20th, 2009 from Tweetie
Amazing space: saw a shuttle launch and a meteor shower in the same
day. How sweet. 6:13 AM Nov 17th, 2009 from web
Horrifying, but true! The Naked Sailor has made several appearances,
the Naked Beachcomber, only one. Photo proof exists, but...
7:35 PM Nov 9th from web
When it's time to anchor, opposing anxieties arise: Jen's dinghy fear
and my fear of dragging. Both fears are informed and justified.
1:21 PM Oct 29th from web
Greetings fr 31/57.88N 81/03.30W aka Runaway Negro Creek, GA.
(I couldn't resist.) 10:13 AM Oct 20th from Tweetie
0620 stopped by armed Coasties escorting ship to sea on Savannah River.
Short detention. Thanked them for their service.
6:43 AM Oct 16th from Tweetie
Under way since 0500. Dark. "On instruments," as pilots say. Savannah by
0930. Moving w/3kt current. AOK. 5:54 AM Oct 16th from Tweetie
At anchor, Beufort SC, caught a shark! Pix on site.
4:54 PM Oct 11th from Tweetie
Under sail, SOG 7kt in 11 true, North Atlantic Ocean.
9:55 AM Oct 11th from Tweetie
Anchored N33 25.42' W079 11.88', rain, wind, reversing current,
it's going to be a long night. 2:59 PM Oct 5th from web
11:28 EST crossed NC/SC line. Yee haw! 10:33 AM Oct 4th from Tweetie
Moving SW on ICW. Charleston by mid-week. All is well.
7:19 AM Oct 2nd from Tweetie
Broad reaching up Neuse River, 16 kts app, southbound, Keys by Xmas,
lots of stops before. 12:00 PM Sep 20th from Tweetie
1,005 nm of water behind us in 58 days. Going terrestrial for the next
six weeks. Must I wear shoes AND a shirt for this?
5:28 AM Aug 6th from web
Headed south in ICW toward Pamlico Sound. A first: dense fog.
(Glad I'm not driving.) (And, glad there's radar for the one who is.)
7:20 AM Aug 4th from web
Broad reaching across Albermarle Sound in 15 kts. Flawless.
10:00 AM Jul 29th from Tweetie
Departing Norfolk, heading south, among loaded barges and warships.
ICW Route 1 ahead. Short day. 8:27 AM Jul 27th fromTweetie
Lou is up to 5 overboards (one while underway. very exciting.)
Beans twice and I still only once. Jen has the sticky feet.
6:53 PM Jul 19th from web
Long day: 71nm in 9:59hrs. Weather cooperated, but on the nose all day - but
no waves or pounding. No fish caught. Dogs were happy to land.
6:16 PM Jul 15th from web
Long slog ahead: 70nm around Cape Charles and back into Chessie.
Calm seas, pedal to the metal, making 7.1 SOG. 6:09 AM Jul 15th from Tweetie
Running before the wind. Wing-on-wing. Boat speed: 8.8 kts. (8.8!)
7:34 AM Jul 14th from Tweetie
Assateague Island: solo anchorage, sunset, wild horses on the beach,
Latin jazz playing, a cigar from a friend and a little porto. Wow.
6:36 PM Jul 13th from web
A pod of BN porpoise just swam with us for a hot minute, under the dinghy,
between the aft hulls. Open ocean, baby! 11:19 AM Jul 13th from Tweetie
No canals, no bays, open ocean today, our first time "outside."
Weather cooperating. Excited are we. 7:21 AM Jul 13th from Tweetie
6-8 bottlenose porpoise off the port bow. VERY cool! 3:31 PM Jul 11th from web
Rocky crossing Delaware Bay. 24 kts apparent and large seas on the nose for
7 hrs. Will sleep well tonight. 3:18 PM Jul 11th from web
Leaving Philly. Bearing 180 first time in 35 days. 5:18 AM Jul 10th from Tweetie
Lou Lou has fallen overboard 4 times, Beans once, and I once.
(I'm tied with a dog. Is this a record I should be proud of?)
5:29 AM Jul 7th from web
Arrived Annapolis! (No small feat.) 10 days to see friends and scrape off
the layers grime - not in that order. 3:26 AM Jun 26th from web
At anchor. Today off, Oxford, MD. Dad had his last boat built here.
http://bit.ly/a1RKH 6:50 AM Jun 23rd from web
Running up the Chessie, wing-on-wing, SOG 7.4kts in 17 kts true.
Overcast, 70, jacket weather. Tangiers tonight. All is fine.
8:29 AM Jun 18th from web
Rough intro to Chessie. 5 hrs of 25kt winds and ships moving the same.
Heavy seas and sea sick dogs. Yep, sea sick dogs, and wife and son.
3:08 AM Jun 18th from web
Generator repairs done. Leg 2 begins. Goodbye ICW; hello Chesapeake Bay.
Fair weather promised. (We'll see.) Cape Charles by 1500.
4:35 AM Jun 17th from web
Marooned in Norfolk: generator repairs may take until Tuesday.
Docked in a nasty storm, but have electricity, air conditioning and NO BUGS!
3:32 PM Jun 13th from web
DOG OVERBOARD! Beans, the hound, missed a step and slipped over.
She fell about 4', swam to the platform and came aboard, dazed/confused.
8:15 AM Jun 13th from web
Moving up the ICW in the Dismal Swamp. Almost to VA.
Under 65' bridges with a 64' mast is, um, exciting. Through a lock, too. No probs.
1:29 PM Jun 12th from web
Aground twice in the ICW. No problem. 9 hrs and 48NM to Alligator River.
1st dolphin sighting. Caught an eel (bait). Marina tonight. Quiet.
6:47 PM Jun 10th from web
Dragged anchor in storms last night: derelict crab trap fouling.
Engines ahead during worst gusts. It's a beautiful morning.
8:07 AM Jun 10th from web
Whew. Another rescue for Jen and CD on the dink. Engine failure both times.
(Works for me, of course.) Storm, gusts to 30. Raining now. Zzzz
6:49 PM Jun 9th from web
Rescue complete! All aboard. Towboat US bailed us out. Anchored in
Pantego Creek. Storm headed this way. Gonna be a long night.
3:21 PM Jun 9th from web
Day 1 and high adventure. We've moved north 6 hours to Belhaven, NC.
Jen, CD and dogs are stranded ashore, engine failure. 20kt wind.
2:51 PM Jun 9th from web
This is it. Three years in the making. Aweigh in the a.m. Goodbye house, cars,
jobs, (that) life. Excited. Scared. (Very.) Ready. Thankful.
10:19 PM Jun 8th from web
AFLOAT AT LAST! In Oriental, NC, cleaning, fixing, provisioning, anticipating.
Here for 5 days then out and north. Annapolis by the 25th.
6:29 PM Jun 3rd from web