Preparation

Day 16 - Sun - Last leg to Norfolk

johandp — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:12:00 +0200

We woke up to another beautiful day today, calm and clear skies. Gerry went for a walk and found a 7-11 and got us each coffe, Donuts and Croissant...

Day 15 - Sat - A Dismal Day!

johandp — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:18:00 +0200

We headed up the Albemarle Sound and to Elizabeth City, where we hoped to stock up again, but even with about 5 maqrinas, Elizabeth City only had o...

Day 14 - Fri - another good day

johandp — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:04:00 +0200

Off to anothe early start, we entererd the narrow cut and covered a few miles before crossing the Pamlico river, then along the Pungo River, then a...

Day 13 - Thu - getting into open waters

johandp — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:46:00 +0200

We have been in very isolated areas the poast few days, with no cell-phone covergae, so I’ve not been able to update teh Blog for a few d...

Day 12 - Wed - up from Cape Fear

johandp — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:24:00 +0200

We slept in a little today – I woke with a start at 6am, woke Gerry, and we immediatley left the restaurant dock. Winds were from behind,...

Day 11 - Tue - at last NC

johandp — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:38:00 +0200

Wow, today we had a really good day. The currents and winds were with us, and we covered over 83 miles in about 14 hours. We had left at 6am in the...

Day 10 - Mon - 1st day just 2 of us

johandp — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:22:00 +0200

I was awake at 3:30am, and busy catching up with my Website work until about 5:30. Woke Gerry, had coffee, and tried to figure out how to unwrap te...

Day 9 - Sun - Up to Charleston

johandp — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:15:00 +0200

We left the dock early – just after 6am, and continued our wearty way up the ICW. It was ...

Day 8 - Sat - continue into SC

johandp — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:00 +0200

I woke early this morning and checked the anchors, and I noticed the stern anchor was very slack, so I started hauling it in, and pretty soon had t...

Day 7 - Fri - good progress

johandp — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0200

We took off early this morning (after 7am) and headed up the Intracoastal. We were still nervous about the engine, but after about an hour we start...

Day 6 - Thu - Towboat US

johandp — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:51:00 +0200

This morning we left just after 7am to get an early start headed up the ICW, heading north to Bruns...

Day 5 - Training exercise

johandp — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:13:00 +0200

Well, on Wednesday we were planning to start going up the ICW, with winds again forecast at 0-5 kno...

Day 4 - rest day in Fernandino Bc

johandp — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0200

During the day we had almost no wind, and had to motor-sail all day. During the night we picked up another Tropical storm around 10pm, with winds u...

Day 3- N from Cape Canaveral

johandp — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:08:00 +0200

Today we had really calm winds, about 3 knots out of the east, so again we had to motor all day. The boredom was broken up somewhat by many sightin...

Day 2-From West Palm Beach

johandp — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:57:00 +0200

We were up about 6:30 am, stocked up the boat with water and Ice, and left about 8am. Winds were calm and we had to motor the whole morning. Very b...

Day 1-Leaving Ft. Lauderdale

johandp — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:36:00 +0200

We left Ft. Lauderdale at about 8am after refueling-low winds, and motor-sailing at about 5knots. After 3 hours we had a strikem and caught a beaut...

Prep - Wednesday

johandp — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:02:00 +0200

Packing up to fly down to Ft. Lauderdale – lots of stuff to take with, charts, Galley stuff, tools, linen, towels, etc. catching a flight...