The boat is on the hard being repaired at the St Johns Boatyard in Jacksonville, FL. The boat will remain there and the different specialists will come and do the repairs. Basically the hole will be fixed as well as all the gouges and gelcoat damage on the starboard side…
Here’s the culprit. A hole the size of a nerf football below the waterline in the starboard stern of the boat. What really did us in was the second hole in the form of a deep gouge just in front of the bulkhead. The boat is build with fore and…
The next morning we drove out to the marina to assess the damage. The Sea Tow Captains had stayed on the boat all night monitoring the water level. We had friends drive up from Central Florida to help us unload the boat. I got a U-Haul trailer and we started…
Friday night we were involved in a boat accident. First of all let me just say that I am so grateful that we are all ok and no one got hurt. Here is what happened: We spent the day driving from Savannah to Brunswick. The last bridge just before we…
June 24th we started heading back home. We set the alarm for 5 am to start our journey at dawn. We had only been going for an hour when we came to our first drawbridge. It was just after 6:30 and the drawbridge operator said it wouldn’t open until 9…
We spent the next day touring Charleston. We went on a walking tour with Mary Helen from Two Sisters Walking Tours . The tour lasted just over 2 hours and was absolutely fabulous. I can’t imagine visiting Charleston any other way. Mary Helen is vivacious, energetic, well spoken, and has lived…
One of the things that I wanted to do while in Charleston was to tour Fort Sumter. Ben had studied the Civil War this year as part of his American History class and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to see this part of history in person. The marina…
We had an early start leaving Beaufort for Charleston. We knew it would take most of the day and didn’t want to be arriving after dark. I had my morning coffee on the trampoline with Brooke at my feet, what a perfect way to start the day! …
We were in Beaufort, SC when the tragic shooting occurred in the Emanuel AME Church of Charleston. The next day we came upon a candlelight gathering at the waterfront in Beaufort. People were gathered together, saying words of healing, words of unity, words of love and forgiveness. We continued our…
While in Beaufort we started having engine problems. First it was the dinghy motor, it kept not wanting to start and cutting out. It even cut out once when Ben and I were on the way from the mooring ball to the dock with a big bag of laundry. We…