We were pleasantly surprised with how much we liked Beaufort, SC. En route I couldn’t help but sing: “Momma, don’t whup little Buford, Momma, don’t bang on his head, Momma, don’t whup little Buford You ought to just shoot him instead” The ICW in this area is a series of…
We had a beautiful trip to Hilton Head, SC. The weather was hot, but with a nice breeze while underway. The anchorage just on the inside of Hilton Head Island was beautiful and was without much ambient light to conceal the glory of the night sky. In my excitement to hoist the…
While in Savannah we finally accomplished something we should have done a long time ago–we measured our mast. When we bought the boat it was advertised as being “ICW friendly”, although the boat had never been in US waters and thus had never actually travelled down the ICW. The rule…
We started out the day with Aislin and Benito making homemade corn tortillas for breakfast. Sylvia from Eos drove up from Brunswick and picked up Benito to bring him back home. He is flying home to Japan for several months. We miss him already and look forward to his return. …
Day 2, from Sapelo Sound to Savannah. Once again very nice waves, very little wind. We spent the day motoring. Benito and Ben kept trolling for fish, hoping for better luck. Benito put some tomatoes and onions on the grill to make some salsa. We were…
June 13th, we left Brunswick for Savannah. Our friend, Benito, came along to help. Our autopilot was rebuilt had finally been mailed to us in Brunswick so we headed to Savannah to be installed. The seas were beautiful. Not enough of a breeze to sail so we had to motor…
June 12th. School’s out for summer! Even on the boat we continue to celebrate Family Fun Friday, and this FFF was extra special… the kids’ last day of school! Although we had to get ready to go which included cleaning the boat (inside and out), doing laundry, filling the…
Kim and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on June 11th. The kids had been making secret plans for more than a week. We had to wait on a weather window to make our next trip, so we spent a few extra days (much to the kids excitement) in Brunswick…
We finally succeeded in spending a night out on the hook (on anchor). We took the boat to a protected anchorage between Lanier Island and St Simon’s Island. It was a beautiful day, not too hot with a steady breeze. There were several pods of dolphins in the area. We…
Tuesday, May 26th, we decided to get back on the horse that threw us. The boat was hosed off, the linens washed, everyone had recuperated from Sea Trial #3 and the weather looked beautiful. We decided to head back out and just sail on the Brunswick River. The sky was…