Beautiful after work cruise to the town of Buckhorn. It is absolutely amazing the beauty of this area every time you start moving it gets better and better. Today was the first day we ran into some bizarre maneuvers from boaters. From jet skis cutting us in front of locks to houseboats coming into the locks sideways. The water is always a wild place 😂

Another trip after a day of work to get to base of the next lock. This cruise was absolutely beautiful and as slowly cruised through islands with only one cottage on them I was mind blown. Even the church’s get their own islands here! You can literally own your own island out here and it’s magical. Not going to lie though the long work day and the cruising every day with locks is absolutely getting to me….very tired. I can’t wait to get to the Georgian Bay.

Our 60th leg of the loop and it was a big one!! We did the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world! And it was wicked fast taking only 90 seconds to go from bottom to top. It’s also well over 100 years old so it’s a bit freaky having your boat be 65ft in the air. Honestly this thing doesn’t even look real when you pull your boat up to it😂

Another beautiful day cruising through the Trent Severn waterway. I have to say if you haven’t been to Canada in the summer you are 100% missing out because they do summer right up here. Everyone is out boating, swimming, and enjoying the beautiful weather! We also had met a couple in south Florida that was on their way to the Bahamas and said when we got to Peterborough to give them a call. They gave us a ride to Costco and it was such a blessing to be able to do a big resupply. The cruising community always come in clutch and are always the best people!

We started the day with a great walk and then started the journey that was 6 locks and 28 miles long today. An absolutely beautiful cruise through the cottages of Canada where everyone was out enjoying the water and sunshine. We made it to a random anchorage where we weren’t sure the depth due to weeds but a local came out from their cottage and told us where to anchor. Then they invited us to use their dock and yard for the dogs, which quickly turned into 6 whiskeys and 5 beers. Just amazing to meet such nice people and the hospitality they showed. Canada and its people are proving to be amazing ❤️

Early morning jaunt down the lake as we inch ever closer to the Trent Severn waterway. A touch windy this morning but it was nothing that scout couldn’t handle while she was on watch😂 Last night we had a great view of the fireworks for Canada 🇨🇦 Day which was amazing 🤘🏼

As we continue to inch our way closer to the Trent Severn canals we made a short jump to Deseronto to see some fireworks for Canada day! Only highlight of the cruise was a ton of goats in this yard😂

A quick easy jump to Prinyer Cover as we inch our way closer and closer to the Trent Sevrn Waterway and the Georgian Bay. This area is so beautiful and it still blows my mind that a lake can be this big! And remember always start your day with a jump in the water!

O’Canada!!! We didn’t think we would be on the hook in Canada tonight after our start this morning. But we took a quick nap after our turn around and decided the weather had improved enough for us to send it across the lake. We had 10ish knots of the beam the whole way and it was absolutely amazing until the end when we had 6ft rollers following us into the channel.

Well went out onto the Lake and decided it was a bit too rough to cross with the masts on deck. (Beyond stressful having the masts just riding on deck) Definitely don’t want to have a mast fall off so we decided we will go another day😂 Nothing wrong with tucking tail, and tomorrow may be better.

Erie Canal ✅ Oswego Canal 6 of 7 done (yes there’s only 7 because lock 4 doesn’t exist) Easy day of cruising in the near 100 degree heat. Was better than sitting at the dock with no A/C though so we will take it! Saw a massive bald eagle (photo is terrible) but that makes like 5 on the trip so far. One more lock before we have made it to the Great Lakes!

This was an easy trip across Lake Oneida and it was absolutely beautiful. Haley was wildly hungover so she napped while we cruised across the lake. It was interesting to see people tubing and water skiing as we drove our ocean vessel around 😂 Also, jet ski water cross is a wild sport! Another free wall so more money saved 🤘🏼 Almost to the start of the Oswego canal and Lake Ontario. Canada here we come!!

Long long long day of driving in a straight line 😂 we started the day with a grocery run to Aldi and then took off with Sylvan as our end goal. Was a little crazy coming into this town with every citizen owning a pontoon boat and using it today. Made for an interesting docking situation but we made it to the free wall. First dip in the fresh water hit different 🤘🏼

Today was a windy one with 40 knot gusts but that didn’t stop us from getting to our end goal today! And our end goal was a brewery with a free dock. Does it get any better?? Some massive locks and some small ones along the way! We managed to get from 14 to almost 19 today. On the way to the lake tomorrow and I hear there is a casino at the next stop. So $100 on red when we arrive??

Another day another lock! We have made it to lock 14 today and will be holding down the fort to get some work down. Once we got to the free wall I rode the one wheel into town and spotted a horse and buggy at the traffic light😂 we cruised along the highway and it was quite the sight to see how everyone is always rushing to somewhere while we just putt along at 5knots. Tomorrow is going be an interesting day doing the locks in quite a bit of wind forecasted.

Another day of couple locks before work and more locks after work. This type of cruising is one exhausting and slow😂 not being able to work and move is slowing us down quite a bit Same thing tomorrow🤘🏼

First true day on the Erie Canal and we did 7 locks today! Stopped at a free wall to take a few meetings and get some work done. Locks are wild and we have never done anything like this so it’s very different cruising than the average days. Did a night cruise and caught the last lock right at 5:30, made it to the marina(since there aren’t many anchorages in the canal) right in time for a docktail.

I named this voyage the mastless wander. The first trip after taking the masts down for the Erie Canal was a rainy slow one. But we feel faster than ever with no wind drag and we are now a short torpedo shooting through the water 😂. Motorboating has it perks….i guess Stay tuned only about 100 locks to go🤘🏼

Well we have made it to Catskill and that means the masts are coming down for the canals!! Taking the booms off and prepping the masts for coming down! Stay tuned for more pictures

Finally leaving New York City and heading up the Hudson! This is definitely a very good change of scenery. Cruising past West Point was awesome and I have to say it wins the beauty battle between the Naval Academy and West Point.

Went back down the Hudson to be close to the big city since we have friends coming to stay with us for the weekend! Seeing he SailGP boats practicing today was eye opening just how fast those boats are! It was blowing pretty good so they had the wind to fly!!

Was absolutely surreal to bring our own boat into New York City! Being able to cruise right in front of the Statue of Liberty and along the Hudson was amazing! I mean how can you beat these photos??

Our first overnight was a success, took us 22 hours to make the trip from Cape May to Staten Island. Was a mostly smooth trip aside from the 33knot squall we ran into at about 11pm. Motorsailed the first half but once the wind clocked and was on our nose we had to just motor into it. Coming into New York City at sunrise was something special

Today was a long day going down the Delaware Bay. Didn’t really have the best weather so just rode it out along the way. Trying to work while cruising is do able most but today wasn’t one of them 😂 If it wasn’t a work day would have been an awesome sail 🤘🏼 Scout and Stella both got seasick for the first time so they had a good bonding session. Waiting out some weather before making the jump to Staten Island and NYC!🗽

We had the plan of making it to Chesapeake City but when you are going 8.5 knots through the canal you let it ride. We also were able to cross off another state off the list today so that makes like 40 or so together now.

It was a great (motor) sail today from Baltimore to Worton creek. Had 15+ knots on the beam the whole way, probably could have sailed but this girl is slow😂 Beautiful anchorage though a great quite spot to hide out from the wind for the night. On to Chesapeake City tomorrow morning🤘🏼

We made the quick jump over to Baltimore for the weekend and if you know me that means we are going to sporting events. A couple Orioles games on the docket for the weekend.

After an awesome time Solomon’s we made our way to Annapolis. I know we skipped some gems on the way but we will be back to the Chesapeake. Today’s cruise was awesome (if you don’t want to sail) we just set it on auto and away we went. Absolutely no wind at all. Stopped about half way and went for a dip. Grab a mooring ball right in front of a church/school. Annapolis is quite the town on the weekend!

If yesterday was a great sail in the Chesapeake well today was a motor on a glassy lake😂 saw a stingray and ran aground leaving Deltaville. Honestly didn’t think I’d have to pay so much attention here but god damn it’s shallow and shoaly

We made it the Chesapeake Bay and I have to say it’s all making sense why everyone said they love to cruise here. It is absolutely beautiful and our anchorage was awesome! Leaving Norfolk we got passed by two cargo ships and a warship. So needless to say seeing a big cargo ship running you down is wild😂 Hell of a sail as well once the wild picked up, we had everything on day one here. Also, didn’t know sea turtles were in the bay but I did see one and it was amazing!

This was an incredibly industrial area. The size of the naval ships is actually insane, we felt like an ant going by them. Here for a week for the Great Loop rendezvous and planning the Chesapeake. Stay tuned for more action😂

Short day just cruising up the canal towards Norfolk. Nothing really to interesting today.

This was a day that Plan A, B, C and D for anchorages didn’t workout so we just keep going. Ended up being a great day getting out of the marina bright and early! Sailed the second half of the day once it picked it up🤘🏼 Also this is Haley and I 41st state together so only 9 more to go!!!

Easter blessed us a perfect day of sailing on Haley’s birthday! We were able to for about 75% of this trip and it was awesome. The amount of crab pots we dodged today was absolutely insane 😂

Today was a great day cruise until we got out of the Aligator River Canal and onto the rivers itself. Blowing 30 knots and we quickly decided trying to continue was not the play. Tucked in here to ride out this wind. On to Manteo tomorrow morning 🤘🏼

Quick little trip from RE Mayo to Belhaven and it was a great cruise. Haley and I switched off from driving to being on meetings. Time for a couple days in Belhaven and then onto Manteo.

After the tip from Logan to stop at RE Mayo here we are! Actually had a nice morning sail after bashing into for a few minutes. Quick stop for a few meetings before continuing to either Belhaven or an anchorage for the night.

We were looking to make a jump from Beaufort to Ocracoke but the wind kicked up more than we planned on so we decided to duck in and find a hot tub😂 Ocracoke in the morning though!🤘🏼 Also I decided to start sailing when Haley was on a meeting and she wasn’t super pleased for that decision 😂

This was the longest day we have done and that was too long for us😂 Started out being 40 degrees and freezing and ended with some good wind. We covered all the bases today.

Windy as all hell and of course it’s blowing out of where we need to go. Not the best day but still enjoyable🤘🏼

State #4 on the trip so far and we had a great time on this cruise! Good vibes and good weather!

Beautiful early morning cruise and docked right in time for work to start. It’s the perfect amount of cold today.

Honestly one of the most beautiful cruises we have had. I have coined this trip the Amazon of South Carolina. Great vibes and got quite a bit of work done. Now for docktails with friends 🤘🏼

This was a long windy day most 25 to 30 knots the whole time. Also wildly shallow the whole way as well but never touched the ground.

Thought it was a great day to go for a day sail but our heavy girl needs quite a bit of wind to move so we kind of just bobbed around for a few hours 😂 no complaints though as it was beautiful. Then we ran aground so it’s all about balance today

Started our day with Scout throwing up a piece of stick 10 days later. An absolutely beautiful morning and day cruising to Charleston, which was beautiful to arrive by boat🤘🏼

Today was a needed day of beautiful cruising, good laughs, a jam session on Spotify and cigars. If I remember I’ll share the anchor track because we are doing figure 8s out here.

After the work day at Daufuskie we pulled anchor and headed for Beaufort where we will stay for the week. Was an awesome cruise, our furler for our head sail is acting up or we could have had an awesome sail.

After a nice week in Savannah for Scout to heal up and stumbling into one of the largest St Patrick’s day festivals in the country we are on our way. Also Daufuskie was dafucking pretty!

After scout got hurt yesterday we decided to push all the way to Savannah to be near a big city just in case anything goes wrong. Scout relaxed all day and was able to eat a bit of wet food. It was a beautiful day for a cruise and Stella was making herself right at home😂 The Georgia tides almost got us coming through Hell Gate today as we draw 4ft and we saw 4.1, didn’t get a photo but we did of the 4.7.

Well today was a whole lot of terrible all wrapped up into one day. Scout choked on a stick playing fetch and we had to rush her to the animal hospital on St Simons island. We were reminded that there are good people out there when the park ranger gave us a ride and a random customer at the vet clinic brought us back. Scout is okay and almost back to herself 2 days later. Annnnnd the water pump broke one we got to our anchorage so Stella decided to help me😂

Up again bright and early to keep heading north. We have to find a nice spot to work for the day though and fort was an awesome spot!

After a couple days in Jekyll and anchor fix we were off early in the morning cruise. Scout and Stella were out and about this morning. And ended with an absolutely stunning sunset!!

Well us seeing horses quickly turned into dragging anchor and jamming the windless so bad we couldn’t reanchor😂 it’s not always sunshine and dolphins :)

Short day cruise to Cumberland Island and we are hoping to see a few wild horses. On the way we did almost run aground and see a bad as submarine getting some maintenance done. (Failed to get a photo) Also a very tired doggo from sprinting all over the island.

Well we thought we’d get some sailing in but we ended up with no wind just vibes🤘🏼

Best cruise so far! Beautiful day and arrived to a beautiful city!

Felt like it should have been snowing this morning 😂 Scout wanted some camera time this trip.

Had a beautiful day from Cocoa to New Smyrna. Had to break the sport kilt out for weather this nice 🤘🏼

Great cruise today from Vero beach to Cocoa.

Started the day ripping off our port hole window 🫠 but a diver found it and we went on our way!

Not much wind but we had a good time

Nice cruise down from Indiantown to Stuart. First lock was a fun experience. I think Stella enjoyed the trip more than anyone😂