More ICW and Arrival
Two more days in the ICW and we arrive home! Also: things start breaking aboard the boat. Add them to the list…
Intracoastal Waterway
After spending a couple days on the ocean, the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a nightmare of shallow depths and obstacles to dodge. This post is a litany of complaints. If the ICW ever feels like a better option, read this post first.
First Offshore Overnight Passage
This is our first offshore overnight passage, just the two of us. It’s strange how one of the most uneventful things we’ve done is also one of the most momentous.
Family Visit and We Screw Up Docking
Merry Christmas! My family came down from Michigan to celebrate a slightly warmer Christmas. The weather isn’t fully cooperating, but it’s still warmer than Michigan.
Sailboat Delivery: The Gale
We were just a few hours out from Charleston Harbor, according to the chartplotter we were going to arrive around 9 or 10pm, almost exactly on schedule. Then the sky started to get unnaturally dark. We just had to make it through one more storm…but this wasn’t like the little rain showers we’d been through earlier. This storm kicked our asses in the worst way.
Sailboat Delivery: Day 2 and 3
Just as the last vestiges of land dropped below the horizon, night fell. There were a few clouds, no moon, and a million stars.
Sailboat Delivery: Day 1
We got some shocking news when our delivery captain moved up our delivery time table. We thought we still had another week, but when the captain said it was time to go, we hopped in a rental car and drove down to Ft Lauderdale!