1,394.5 nautical miles later.. we finally made it!! 31 travel days.

We can’t stress how naturally beautiful Jupiter, Florida is…. However, the inlet is super shoal’y and we kissed the ground after much trip prep. Was just light sand and we slid thru without any worries. Tons of bridges .. so much waiting.. ..picturesque scene over all

Stunning area Turquoise water. Great anchorages. Went swimming! Will definitely be back.

Today we left one of our favorite ports so far, Melbourne.. such amazing people there and honestly could see ourselves returning in spring for extended stay. Hit a little squall today. Was fun and although completely soaked, we had a nice two hour run at about 7.5kts!! Made ft pierce bridge just in time

We sailed all day going about 7kts!!! Couldn’t hv asked for any better conditions. Was really an incredible day! I remembered being afraid of white caps in the past and now we welcome them/love going fast. The thrill we get from having the wind make our boat surf is an amazing feeling!!!

Today was an excellent sail. Had the sails up on a beam, close to hull speed for hours. So many dolphins.. each minute brought us further and further away from Daytona Beach 🤣.. water today faded from a murky brown to almost turquoise.. almost. Great day to be outside

Straight lines. Lots of gorgeous homes. A few d*ckhead oncoming motorboats with low levels of class ripping wake in front of us. That was about all the excitement. Maybe if we weren’t sailors we might try the same thing 🤣.. all around a great day on our quest into the heat!

We are stunned by how beautiful this little town is.. breathtaking.. been living under a rock.. how the hell have we never been here before? All we can say..

Making our way down the sunny state.. saw a cool hovercraft and on steady lookout for Manatees. Loving the moderate temperature!! Great parking job at marina, although we wish we were offshore.. wait on you, weather….

We’re super proud of this trip. First time offshore without additional crew. Just us 3 (and the cat).. learned a ton and will definitely be more prepared for our next run.. enjoyed a half moon for a good amount of the evening and absolute pitch darkness for hours once the moon set. Was surreal. Might have been an alien spotting or two along the way and even a shooting star. All we can say is things were different offshore and after hours lol.. Thankful for our dedicated first mate for noticing a massive unlit and also unaccounted for buoy floating amongst the darkness. Could have been a disaster.. time to recharge and plot our next run.

Cool little town. Strange pronunciation. Otherwise super pleasant people and really cool tea shop

Next stop Beaufort, SC.. hoping to catch a nice weather window and bypass Georgia entirely.. aiming for the heat!

Isle of palms, although crazy, is very doable with proper planning.. we were able to time the tide pretty well and crossed the most difficult (treacherous in the moment maybe?) part seeing no less than 8’ of depth. Our young skipper in training Antonio has been so resilient with the cold, always finding positivity in each day.. can’t be more proud. decided to take a break at a very cool resort style marina in Charleston and give him a day off filled with rest and relaxation (relaxation ? Yea right lol).. even went swimming!

Please excuse us inexperienced New Yorkers but we had no idea it’s this cold in South Carolina! With our cold weather gear neatly tucked away in a NYC closet, we are left with layering our fall jackets and dollar general’s finest foul gear accessories…. Hoping. .Praying.. wishing.. sending sun signals.. anything for warmer weather please!

Cool little passage. Lots of eerie fog, twisty bends and swampy trees. We imagine this stretch is what the dismal swamp is like, only much deeper! Settled in Georgetown for the night

After a very refreshing thanksgiving spent aboard SV Andiamo with our new friend Pierre, we departed with great confidence at the helm! We’re super thankful to have stumbled upon such a great marina following our engine issue. Zimmermans, an employee owned marina, was quick to diagnose our raw water strainer blockage and had us on our way within one day. Great folks and will definitely be stopping back again! Lastly, our first ever “galley lasagna” wasn’t terrible..

Happy thanksgiving from Holden Beach, NC! Enjoyed mild weather for a change and our first ever lasagna aboard SV Andiamo! Immensely thankful …

Good news and bad news today. Had a smokey/burning style smell happening from engine area .. after checking everything over, nothing was evident.. decided to pull up to next marina and have a tech take a look just to be safe. We’re super fortunate to have stumbled upon Zimmermans .. an employee owned full service marina located in Holden Beach, NC. At first glance they said it was fine and couldn’t find anything wrong. Ended up staying the night.. Next morning ran engine a bit before leaving and had more smoke. Tech came back promptly .. Good news is that it was simply a bad hose leading to our raw water strainer which caused a slight leak in suction. Fortunately the heat exchange was still being supplied water, just not at the level it wanted. Ended up replacing the hoses and upgrading the raw water strainer as well. Staying at marina another day to test run engine but seems we will be back on track in the morning.

Today was our shortest passage yet but probably the most complicated .. kept the RPMs low while fighting current and dodging obstructions.. we were met with several shoaling areas (random sand bombs in shallow water that cause you to ‘run aground’ or get buried/hit bottom) and were super fortunate to have passed by undetected.. hoping for weather to form more in our favor and continue outside towards the heat

We barely made our passage through Onslow Bridge .. currents were against us most of the trip. Made it through with 3 minutes to spare before the bridge was shut down for rest of week for construction. Landed mid afternoon is a gorgeous little beach town, Wrightsville NC.. not sure if we were just starving but the pizza here at Vito’s was on point and so was the sunset. Will spend more time here on our trip north this spring for sure!