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Baltimore to Rhode Island

While we were in Baltimore suffering through the early summer heat, we decided we’d head North to find some place cooler. We planned a trip to Rhode Island over the 4th of July, intending to be at sea during the 4th. It would have taken us three nights to get from Baltimore to East Greenwich. At the last minute we decided to relax a bit and take the entire week for the trip instead of rushing to Rhode Island.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Thursday, July 4, 2019

Fort Lauderdale to St Augustine

We left our mooring ball in Fort Lauderdale at 3:30PM and arrived in time for the 4:00 PM 17th St. bridge opening. After the bridge, we exited the ICW through Port Everglades and were out in the ocean a little after 4:00PM. Our home for a month, the little white mooring ball in the background. We had about 8 hours where the wind and gulf stream worked together to let us sail at 8 knots, but eventually the wind died and the gulf stream got choppy making for an uncomfortable night from about 2AM to 6AM.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, February 17, 2019

Daytona to Cocoa Village

Motored up the ICW from Daytona Beach to Cocoa. We spent three nights at Halifax harbor marina in Daytona Beach. We thought it was an excellent marina and enjoyed our time there. Although the surrounding area was a little rough so we mainly stayed around the marina. We were planning to leave at 7AM as soon as it got light, but for some reason it was light enough at 6:30 so we left a little early.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Tuesday, December 11, 2018

ICW St Augustine to Daytona Beach

We left St Augustine at 7AM so we could make a 7:30 bridge opening. It was just barely light enough to see. We’re really looking forward to the days getting longer soon. Historic St Augustine. It’s probably touristy, but we want to come back and grab one of these mooring balls one day and explore. We passed under a half dozen bridges during the day. None of them showing 65 foot clearance on the depth markers that we like to see.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Saturday, December 8, 2018

Charleston to St Augustine

After waiting for almost two weeks for a weather window out of Charleston, we settled for a few cold days with almost no wind forecast. Our thinking was that it was better than cold with a headwind. In preparation for the cold, we bought a small propane heater for the cockpit and a couple extra canisters of propane. Each canister was supposed to last 6 hours on the low setting which is about what we got out of them.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Friday, December 7, 2018

Across the river

After about a month at the Charleston City Marina we’ve moved across the river to the Charleston Harbor Resort. We had a great time in downtown Charleston. The City Marina put us within walking distance of everywhere we wanted to go, including the dentist. They promised our space to someone else for the month of December so we had to leave and cross the river. Now just waiting for a weather window to continue south.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Friday, November 30, 2018

Bald Head Island to Charleston City Marina

Finally a day outside the ICW. We left Bald Head Island at 1:10PM on Tuesday, October 30, intending to get to Charleston around noon the next day. It felt weird not leaving in the morning. Seemed like we were wasting most of the day waiting around. We wanted to make sure it was light when we arrived at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, though, so leaving Bald Head early afternoon for our overnight sail made the most sense.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Wednesday, October 31, 2018

ICW Day 6

We left Dudley’s marina in Swansboro at 6AM while it was still dark. We wanted to get to Bald Head Island marina and knew it’d be a long day. The depth gauge was showing 0 feet at the dock, and we did bump a little bit on the bottom as we were leaving, but the depth increased as soon as we were a few feet away from the dock. 7:15AM – Entered Camp Lejeune.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, October 28, 2018

ICW Day 5

Well it doesn’t look like we’ll have a window this week. An unexpected NorEaster rolled through and there’s a series of storms following it. We decided to do a few more days in the ICW just to make some progress towards Charleston. The weather was still windy, gusting to 25knots, at 1:30 but we figured we’d be okay seeing as how we’d be in the ICW. The Bogue Sound was a bit choppy but overall, the trip wasn’t bad.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Saturday, October 27, 2018

ICW Day 4

After spending an extra night in the River Dunes Marina to wait out some bad weather, we headed out at first light, 6:45AM, for Beaufort. Made an easy crossing of the Neuse river and entered Adams Creek at 8:58AM. Arrived at Beaufort Town Docks around noon. Now just waiting until we get a weather window to sail to Charleston. Leaving River Dunes Marina Neuse River Sunrise

Posted by svcurrentlife on Monday, October 22, 2018