M/V MAERIN

The cruise from Palm Beach to Lauderdale presents a choice: either an outside (ocean) run from Lake Worth Inlet and a straightforward run down the coast to Port Everglades Inlet at Ft Lauderdale, or an inside ICW route that is protected and scenic, but requires running a gauntlet of bridges, 17 of which must be […]

We had an uneventful but pleasant cruise from Vero to Palm Beach Wednesday. The ICW winds through some of the most pricey real estate of the entire east coast, beautiful homes along the canal, impeccably landscaped and a variety of architectural styles. Many of the homes are in the multi-million dollar range, and each time […]

We welcomed our guests aboard Monday morning. Barb ferried the pups in for their morning walk while the skipper readied Maerin for departure. The plan was for Sue & Jim to meet us about 0830 for a 0900 departure. Barb returned with the dogs, dropped them off and returned to the docks to retrieve our […]

We arrived at Cocoa Thursday afternoon, and met up with Sue and Jim. Sue is co-owner of Stansbury Yacht Basin, our “home” marina, and she and Jim winter in Cocoa Beach. We got together Friday evening for dinner out and borrowed Sue’s car Saturday to do some provisioning and refill a propane tank. During dinner, […]

Wednesday, Jan 5th we cruised from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach. We called ahead to Seven Seas Marina, and reserved a slip. This stopover is becoming somewhat of a tradition as this will be our 5th or 6th stopover. It meets our preferred marina criteria: handy, clean, friendly folks, and most importantly, very reasonably priced. […]

Happy New Year from St. Augustine! We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Historic St. Augustine is one of our favorite spots on the trip south, we decided to stay over the New Year’s holiday. The town was bustling with holiday vacationers, as busy as we’ve ever […]