M/V MAERIN

    Some maintenance work-on a Selene Since six months have passed since the last blog update, I thought it might be appropriate to post something. It’s been a busy summer, and as my earlier post intimated, we’ve decided it’s time to take a breather from full-time cruising and tend to some competing demands. We’re [...]

Well, our 2012 Winter cruise was a wonderful run, we had some great times in the Bahamas spent with good friends and family. Our best time yet. The weather could have been better, but it was good when it counted. Since the blog has gone dark for a few weeks, I thought it was about [...]

We are northbound, the most recent stop at Brunswick Landing Marina, where we will catch up on laundry, do oil changes on everything, and catch our breath before we push toward the Chesapeake. Our last stop in Florida was at Fernandina Beach, where we refueled. Our published tank capacity of 975 gallons is now confirmed [...]

    Windy time in the Bahamas! We arrived safely back in the US in the company of our 3 other buddy boats, two cruise ships, a US Navy submarine, a US Army Landing craft, and a few Coast Guard small boat escorts all headed into Port Canaveral on Thursday morning. Our crossing took just [...]

Wednesday marks our departure from the Bahamas as we cross the Straits of Florida to Port Canaveral. Farewell to the beauty of the Bahamas! We’re already looking forward to our return! So much to see!     Sunset at Royal Island

We arrived at Great Guana Cay Saturday afternoon along with fellow Selene’s Innu and Celebrate. We made the requisite visit to Nipper’s and enjoyed some great beach time. Molly was thrilled to be romping in the surf. There’s no doubt that she loves the water, and being in the surf is about as good as [...]

    The Admiral lands a Mahi     Almost in!     Big Mahi- 47"     Fabricated gaff We departed Royal Island 0730 under sunny skies and winds about 10 kts, great conditions for our crossing of the big water between Royal Island and the Abacos, a cruise of about 60 miles. We [...]

A favorable weather window cemented plans to move north out of the Exumas and begin the inevitable movement northward through the Abacos. Always a bittersweet decision, it marks the beginning of the end of our stay in the Bahamas. For insurance reasons, we must be north of Florida by 1 June, so that deadline shapes [...]

    Maerin from the air-(center Rt) The departure of our guests nearly coincided with the clocking of the winds back to the prevailing easterly flow, the clocking preceding the final flight by a day, making Jeri’s final night aboard a bit ‘rolly’ as the surge from the sound found its way between the Majors. [...]

    Slippery devil! An early 0730 departure from Georgetown for the 50 nm return to Staniel Cay put us northbound on the sound with a following sea of about 4 ft and winds that were building during our run. We started out at about 12 kts of wind out of the SW and they [...]