Slipping the lines- Dec 9th 2014

Releasing from a mooring ball is so much easier than picking up an anchor (or two!). My system for releasing the mooring is to pull the taunt bridle line (let’s call it #1) up to its cleat and then untie bridle line #2. Next I pull a third line thru the mooring line-eye such that both ends of #3 are …

Lay Days, just part of the Adventure- Dec 8th 2014

While I was reading my second book in three days, I received a text from Don on RagTop. He is on his Catalina sailboat in St. Augustine today and reported high winds, and water flooding the street. We both joked about how this FLORIDA isn’t the one we thought- warmer weather as you go further south. Winds were 27mph this …

Mooring filed hook up example- Dec 7th 2014

The sailboat Abby B arrived at the Fernandina mooring this morning. Her activities are a good example of the process.         Get settled in………………………..        

Fernandina Beach Mooring- Dec 7th 2014

Thank goodness for the mooring ball today. There’s zero concern about dragging anchor or having an oyster bed cut an anchor line. Winds are howling in our rigging, and the water between us and the dinghy dock is quite choppy. We’ve decided to stay put. So I’ve made a clam chowder with: canned Carnation milk; Bumble Bee brand clams; fresh …

Fogged in at Crooked River- Dec 5th 2014

Who’d a thunk-it? Fog so thick you’d think you were a character in Stephen King’s book “The Mist”. During Thursday evening Sea Fog rolled into the marsh and river. It became so thick we couldn’t see beyond our boat. Friday morning it thinned enough I could photograph our neighboring sailboat, also anchored in Crooked River. The fog did not lift …

St. Simon’s to Cumberland Island- Dec 4th 2014

We made St Simon’s with no trouble, though the bridges added to my confusion as we worked our way to the split where the old and new ICW channels divide. Staff at the MorningStar Marina were very helpful when we arrived at sundown. Tied up, we were ready for a rest. Diann suggested we dine out at the facility location. …

Delaying Our Crossing- Dec 2nd 2014

The first week of November, while still stuck in Oriental, NC I posted a blog about a Cold Snap. That “snap” became a whip ( as in whipper snapper) that lasted thru about three nights ago.  it was wonderful to wear shorts yesterday! This morning our Gemini catamaran is anchored in the Duplin River awaiting Noon departure. We are delaying …

Photos of the past days Dec 1st 2014

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More Lessons Learned- Nov 27th 2014

We should have stayed at Alligator Creek today. Instead we made an attempt to get to Beaufort, SC for a mooring ball and the conveniences of town. Diann had researched the winds and indicated that at Edisto they would be in the mid to upper teens, to 20MPH, with occasional gusts to 30. My reply was, “that’s at the coast, …

Harsh Weather / Dragging Anchor Nov 26th 2014

It rained and the winds were not friendly. But Chris, from the Boatyard, was able to work under a tarp (I had on board) and got us repaired so the marina fees could end. We were able to get off the dock Tuesday afternoon. That saved us $80. Our boat repair had been classic b-o-a-T. Bring out another Thousand. By …