Early January, 2019 When we wanted to take a break from the boat yard, we walked and biked around town, braving the sketchy Florida highways to cross the bridge into the quaint downtown area of Fort Pierce. We’ve made friends with the owners of the two boats next to us – Parallax and Ripple. Although …
Boat work begins
January 2nd, 2019 Last day on the ICW for a while. We traveled from mile marker 2 to mile 964. It has been a long trip, cold and beautiful, stressful and serene. During the short hops we've made over the past few days for the last 100 mile stretch (without the pressing need for warmth …
Home stretch to the boatyard!
December 30, 2018 To Cocoa Village Today, I saw my first manatee of the trip. I’d been desperately hoping for even a glimpse of these rare creatures ever since we crossed the Florida border, so I wasn't sure at first as we rowed towards shore but then a few minutes later I spotted two snouts …
Week five on the ICW – almost there!
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, …
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 …
Cruising begins!
We officially moved onto the boat Sunday Nov 25th. We've been extremely busy getting ready to start cruising, so this post is mostly pictures. Click on the title of the post to see! Next update will be... whenever I get internet again! 😉
