December 26, 2018 The day after Christmas we continued south to New Smyrna Beach. We managed to time the tides and currents perfectly so that it propelled us onward from inlet to inlet the entire day, and we managed to cover 68 miles of the ICW! A new record. We missed a bridge opening, …
Month: December 2018
Hello, Atlantic
After spending a week in Beaufort, SC Eric and I were antsy to keep moving south. During our short break Eric fixed the whole 'boiling a lead acid battery' issue, and replaced the solar charger to properly utilize our solar panels. We finally had power we could trust! Mwahahaha. We felt like we could take …
Beaufort, South Carolina
We left Charleston, said goodbye to that massive three-mast sailboat, and continued south. During the mid afternoon Nicki had a rather odd experience where two people wearing fancy formal clothing rocked up to a gazebo along the ICW riding a golf cart. The woman rushed down the pier and stood at the edge, waving furiously …
Week Three – Charleston, SC!
To finish the week we decided to push onward to Charleston, South Carolina because it sounded more interesting than Georgetown, and we were excited to meet up with Eric's parents who drove down from Maryland to visit. Watching the weather, we knew it would be a close call and we probably should have stopped …
Second week cruising the ICW
OLD POST (COMMENTS FROM WHEN I POSTED ORIGINALLY, before I reposted in the proper timeline) I'm a little backlogged - we are currently in Titusville, Florida. It's hard to believe we've been on the boat for over a month now. It has been exhausting to cruise 40-60 miles a day, hunker down for bad weather, …
First week of cruising the ICW
We spent a few days adjusting to life on a sailboat, and although we hadn't quite sorted everything, it was time to start cruising the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)! We are headed south as fast as we can. During our first week of cruising we've learned so much every day. First we learned how to …
