One of our favorite stopovers, St. Augustine is lit up like- well, a Christmas tree. Judging from the size of the crowds, it’s a popular Christmas destination! Our Christmas aboard is low key, simply enjoying the time here where our evening strolls are in shorts and a light vest and daytime temps are hovering around […]
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Merry Christmas from St. Augustine
Dec 25th 2011Life aboard & Location & Northbound 09 & Southbound '11
Middle River- familiar surroundings!
Jul 17th 2009Cruise Log & Life aboard & Location & Northbound 09
5719 We are back on Middle River, at “home” at Stansbury Yacht Basin. We arrived June 28, after an uneventful trip up the Bay, with just a stop or two on the way. We stopped overnight in Annapolis, always a favorite stop for us! Of course no trip to Annapolis is complete without a visit […]
Ocracoke… after all these years!
Jun 19th 2009Cruise Log & Location & Northbound 09
This will be our third trip north on the ICW, the second in Maerin. Our first was in 2000 delivering the Carver to the Chesapeake, the second a similar run with new-to-us Maerin in 2006, and this, our milestone trip where we finally made the run from the ICW east to Ocracoke, a side trip […]
Georgetown, SC
Jun 10th 2009Cruise Log & Location & Northbound 09
5509 Our cruise from Charleston to Georgetown was 56 nm. and took about 8-1/2 hours. The cruise was uneventful except for the onslaught of green-head flies while we traversed the marshes. They were relentless,and with temps in the high 80s, and higher humidity, we finally fired up the genset, turned on the A/C & closed […]
Heading North
Jun 9th 2009Cruise Log & Life aboard & Northbound 09
Stay tuned for updates, we’re back aboard, making our way north, and I will be getting back to updating the blog. We’re currently at Charleston as of this writing Tuesday, and about to head north on the ditch. We have plans to take a side trip to Ocracoke, more on that later.
