After a successful night at anchor we pulled the hook early to get to Savannah as early as possible. It was a breezy morning and our trip down the Ogeechee River was choppy. The wind was right on our bow so it slowed us a...
Leaving Fernandina Beach and heading north on the AICW, ready to make some miles and see some sights. It didn't take long, we passed the Ocean Explorer shortly after we left the dock. She is a new Polar Class cruise ship on her maiden voyage to...
Leaving Ponce heading north the Thunder storms weren't done with us yet. The morning sail through Daytona Beach was quiet and uneventful. You don't see much Spring Break action on the AICW. Approaching our destination for the night, Palm Coast Marina, the skies darkened up again. ...
Leaving Fort Pierce on April Fool's Day, The plan was to make it to Fernandina Beach to meet up with our daughter and her "future maybe someday" boyfriend in a little under two weeks. North of Vero Beach we ran through some heavy rains. We had picked a...
The last time we traveled through here we were running to pull the boat out in Indiantown and head home before Covid lockdown. I said at the time that was one of the coolest days of boating ever and I would love to do it...
For the last week or so we have been living on the outskirts of America. While we didn't smuggle anything we certainly could have. This part of the Country is pretty empty, we probably only passed a handful of boats coming across the Everglades. That...
All rested and ready to move on, we left Marlin Bay on the morning of the 23rd. and ran North on the inside route, which means running on the Gulf side of the Keys. The water was shallow usually 6 to 7 feet. We left...
So the second attempt at crossing the everglades went better than the first. We left Rose Marina @0830, just after the Key West Express. The winds were not as good as we had on the first try. They were around 15 knots by noon and it...
St Patrick's Day 2022 didn't exactly go as planned. We were all set to head offshore for 2 or 3 days crossing the everglades. We were well prepared, provisioned, weather window with at least 2 days with low to no winds. It was a little foggy...
When I told someone in Ft Myers that it only took us two years to complete the Florida Loop, he said "Oh, you mean the smugglers run" I had never heard that and it intrigued me so I did some quick internet research and apparently...