We have finally pushed past Hatteras and should be good for Hurricane season! We still are making our way up to the Chesapeake, but are thinking about avoiding the dismal swamp this year. This trip consisted of killing 40 something horse flies that were non stop attacking us. Makes me worried about going more inland and losing the breeze.

Wanted to test our engine out after an oil change and fuel filter swaps! Had plenty of wind to help get us there even faster. We did pop a fuse for our windlass when picking up the anchor due to a jam, ended up pulling it up by hand and swapping the fuse out under way. All is well now.

Lovely trip in the ICW to Oriental! Took a bit longer than I would have liked due to some currents that weren’t on the chart, but enjoyed the journey! Very different being up here than anything we’ve experienced so far, forests on both sides in small channels, opening up to nice wide rivers and bays. Hoping we can see more small towns on our trip and see what people like about the east coast!

A rolly overnight sail to Beaufort, ending our ocean sailing until the end of hurricane season! We will be taking the ICW the rest of the way to the Chesapeake! Does anyone have suggestions on places to stop?!? Heading towards Annapolis for the boat show, but would love to see some places along the way!

An uneventful motor sail where everything went just fine. Sails like this one really make me want to figure out getting a spinnaker so we can do more light wind sailing. Super excited to get into more of these smaller beach towns and see what the northeast is all about!

It is kind of wild that we went to a new country (the Bahamas) before we went to a new state, but finally making our way north! Overall sail went off without a hitch! We had enough wind to spend most of the time sailing, the weather held solid with the waves staying small, and we even had a group of dolphins swim with us for 5 minutes! Getting through the inlet with 3 knots of current coming out was brutal, but the Ft Johnson anchorage was wide open and easy enough to drop the hook in the dark. Finally a spot to take a bit of a breather and hang with some friends. Anyone have any recommendations!?!

After two weeks in the yard and an overheating engine right as we splashed, we are finally back to moving. Just a short trip to get to the inlet for tomorrow! Have to start heading north and can hopefully catch a weather window to get away from these bridges.

Would love to be sailing but motoring around the Bahamas isn’t so bad. Or maybe we just have to stop wanting to go upwind all the time 🤔 Hopefully the wind is behaving when we start heading back 😂 Looking forward to seeing some turtles and checking out green turtle cay! Anyone know if it’s safe to swim around here? Need to get back to cleaning the bottom of our boat. Thanks!

Unfortunately we did not have the wind today, but had a very easy motor over to fox town. Really looking forward to getting some groceries and fuel and then heading off to more remote destinations with wildlife!

What were we thinking! Started tracking a touch late, left the channel before dark which was a little frightening. Wind and weather mostly good through the sail, but by the time we arrived and went to pull in the sails both furlers were jammed. Was a bit of a nightmare of rewrapping them while throwing up going straight into the wind, but we managed to get them in and get to anchor. All cleared in and ready to see what the Bahamas has to offer! Anyone have recs for Bimini? Where to get fuel? Cool things to see?

We are going to try to go to the Bahamas for the first time this Sunday, anyone have any tips to make things go smooth? Where to go after? Etc? We are so new! Would love to grab a video call or chat things through if anyone has the time! Thanks!

Couldn’t ask for a better sail! 10-15 knots behind us the whole way. What a night and day difference than pounding into the waves with 20-25 knots that we experienced Monday. So Stoked to finally be out here!