M/V MAERIN

Since it’s raining in Jaxville today, after our wet return from the Winn Dixie, your humble blogger decided to do some maintenance. For geeks, it means updating the software that runs the blog, specifically WordPress which is now up to the most current version, along with some of the other plug-ins that have consequently had […]

3084 With the weekend forecast promising the passage of another cold front and more 25 kt winds, we decided that watching it pass while tied to a pier would be worth the three hour run on the St. John’s River to Jacksonville. 3045 The cruising guides listed a free muni dock where we could tie […]

3033 We had heard from several cruisers about Thanksgiving at St. Mary’s ever since we were in New York, and since our travels were putting us close, we decided to look into it. We found a source for some information, an email address, and we were signed up. Our arrival in St. Mary’s coincided perfectly […]

Left Savannah 1538, passed to seaward at Tybee Roads just after dark for a night passage to St. Mary’s inlet at Fernandina Beach. The passage went well, we alternated 2 hour watches and did manage to get some rest. Watches at night are not particularly exciting, the most challenging part is staying alert and awake. […]

Today’s travel was from Beaufort, SC to Savannah, GA. We’re overnighting on the hook in Turner Creek, near Savannah, GA. Tides are working against us, especially with the section of the ICW we’re transiting. The section from South Carolina through Georgia has a slew of marginal depth areas that we can only run at high […]

2815 After an overnight stay in the Ashepoo River, we arrived at Beaufort, SC at about 10;30 AM. Our overnight anchorage was very calm, and probably the quietest we’ve had. We went ashore on a local dock and gave the pups an opportunity to stretch their legs. We were treated to a beautiful sunset, and […]

We arrived Charleston on Wed, to unseasonably cool weather. The passage of another frontal system has pumped air from the north well into the south. Charleston and the south in general is breaking temperature records as the relentless push of cold air continues. Low of 31 last night, there was ice on the dock. The […]

2576 2572 So here we are at the beach in South Carolina, freezing our butts off! It was high 30’s overnight and it got up to a whopping high of about 55 today. In the 20 kt wind, it felt like 30. We’re anchored in Price Creek, a short creek that runs from the ICW […]

Arrived Wrightsville Beach around 1545 (that’s about 3:45 PM in Landlubber) Thursday. Great spot, nice roomy anchorage with good protection and holding, dinghy dock close by with great access to town and the beach. We’ll stay here a day or two to wait out another front passage that promises some more crappy weather and 30 […]

We departed Oriental at about 0840 for a short cruise to Beaufort – it’s pronounced “Bo-furt” as locals will tell you. There is another town by the same name in South Carolina that’s pronounced “Byew-furt”. The run was about 20 nm, so it was an easy cruise day. We passed some special-ops boats probably from […]