Friday, October 26, 2012
Sometimes you just get lucky
So here we are in Brunswick Ga. waiting for "Sandy" to pass. You couldn't be in a better place for this storm(as far west as you can get on the East Coast). This stroke of luck all started In Charleston S.C. We met up with "Early Out" who convinced us to come to Brunswick before the storm was real threat. We all planned to leave on Saturday but when we went to pull our beloved Manson anchor,it wouldn't release. We called a diver who said it was lost forever in I beams on the bottom. We were not in the mood to leave at this point so we bid Fred and Debbie farewell but we knew we would see them soon as we now had their bolt cutters to cut the chain on Sunday. SO as I tried to sleep, some "magical thinking "transpired. Since we are on short scope and spin around in the current, maybe it will find its way home. Because we were about to lose 50'of chain and the the low tide could save us 7',I went to the bow that morning to retrieve the $20. Well much to our delight the chain just kept coming,complete with our trusted servant,Manson. After an medium quality overnight we arrived in Brunswick.
Many cruisers here waiting for their insurance to release them south which equals fun "happy hours"
Monday, October 22, 2012
Some Highlights of Our Trip So Far
Today we arrived in Brunswick, GA; after a 26 hour off shore run from Charleston, SC. We pulled into Brunswick Landing Marina for a few days where many of our cruising friends are staying. We are watching the new Tropical storm brewing around Cuba, before we make any decisions about our next move. We left Annapolis on September 27th and three weeks later we are almost in Florida. Hopefully we will be leaving for the Bahamas in another month. It was great to start early this year - no cold weather.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
We Made it to Oriental
We did leave Spa Creek, Annapolis on Thursday morning, September 27th. It was sad to leave our friends Yvonne & Jonathan, who felt like family all summer. We traveled 300+ miles in 10 days. Visited with family in Fishing Creek off the Little Choptank, traveled with Sally & Conrad on "It's About Time", with stops in Solomons, Fleets Bay, Old Point Comfort in Hampton, The Ferry Basin in Portsmouth, VA, Elizabeth's Dock in the Dismal Swamp, Elizabeth City, NC, and Deep Point in the Alligator River. Last night we anchored in beautiful Bonner Bay with Hayden & Radeen, friends on "Island Spirit". Today, we pulled into Broad Creek (just North of Oriental), to anchor for the night before going to SailCraft for a small repair. We did alot of motoring but did have a few days of terrific sailing; particularly our crossing of the Albemarle Sound. So far the trip has been great!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Good Report
Laurie had her first of the semi-annual rechecks and there were no worries. Still one more to go but she is greatly relieved to hear what we hoped. We haven't blogged much lately because there wasn't much to report. Just the usual stuff,great times with friends, fixing the boat(Broken Or About To-be),eating and breathing, so we decided to spare our friends who we don't see. Hopefully we will get some good pictures as we begin south on Thursday
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Living in Annapolis
We are currently tied to a dock at Shearwater, in Spa Creek, Annapolis. We arrived here on Tuesday, 8/14 to get oriented to our job as catsitters/housesitters for the next couple weeks. Our friends, Jonathan & Yvonne live here (you may remember them from their boat "Speranza") who are now living on land and taking a trip to Holland. Along with the cat responsibilities, we have a car, an air conditioned condo, etc, etc,....all the comforts of land dwellers. It also gives us a chance to do some boat projects that are easier to do from a land base, i.e. get a new battery, & do dinghy maintenance. We have also been spending time with friends. Over the weekend, we cruised over to Mill Creek to spend an evening with Ray & Susan Hall. And Dick & Anne, on "Nati" are only a creek away, on Back Creek.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Sometimes you sail, sometimes you wish you could
Well we are underway to our next big job, cat sitting. We met a new set of friends outside of Reedville,Lane & Harry on Crane Creek. we were able to tie up to the dock and sleep in the AC. Had a wonderful dinner and left early Sunday to visit one of the destinations we had been trying to get to for awhile, Onancock. It was well worth the trip, as we call it ,"a great atmosphere place". We also had a nice wind for the journey. The next two legs to Pt Lookout and Solomons Island were less than ideal with only about 30% of the distance covered with cloth instead of many milion year old organic matter. We were blasted by a 3am t-storm in Pt Lookout but we rediscovered the Solomons. We did the luxury mooring ball at Zahniser's for one night complete with pool, SHOWERS, bikes (to extend our explorations)and laundry. After 3 nights it was "time to go" and the wind was perfect, SSE 10-12kts for an ideal spinnaker run.(well except for some forget how to sail tangles) The wind built some more and even though the current was contrary for the whole trip we were anchored down by 1430 in the pretty Baby Owl Cove,south of St Michaels Md. So it wasn't perfect but close enough.
Monday, July 30, 2012
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