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ICW Day 3

10/20. Pulled the anchor and left Alligator River Cove Anchorage at first light, 6:50AM 7:30AM. Joined a convoy of sailboats leaving the Tuckahoe Point anchorage. They were from the Sail to the Sun rally. We listened to them for a while on channel 68, but they had a short day planned and left the ICW at Dowry Creek Marina near Belhaven. We wonder why they all left their anchorage so early in the morning just to travel a few hours.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, October 21, 2018

ICW Day 2

We left Coinjock at 8AM, thinking that we’d only go 30NM to the Alligator River Marina and have a short day. At 9:30 we were surprised to see a blimp! Blimp 9:45 AM. Decided to change plans and skip the Alligator River marina so we could get closer to Beaufort. The map showed lots of anchorages we could make it to before dark, so it was an easy decision. 1:25PM. Passed through the Alligator River Swing Bridge after only waiting for a few minutes for it it to open.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, October 21, 2018

ICW Day 1

Today we put in the first of four (hopefully only four) days motoring South on the ICW. Our plan is to arrive in Beaufort some time on Sunday if all goes well. We left Norfolk at 7:20AM after a windy night moored at Waterside marina. The wind was 15 knots from the North. Of course the wind was perfect for a sail, on the day that we had to motor on the narrow ICW channel.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Thursday, October 18, 2018

Annapolis to Norfolk

We decided to tackle the Chesapeake all at once instead of stopping along the way like we did on the way North. The trip ended up taking 26 hours. Mostly calm wind and overcast skies along the way. 7:31AM. Left Bert Jabin’s. Raining. 4 knots wind. Leaving Annapolis 8:48AM. Past Thomas Point. No wind at all even though it was forecast 10-15 knots. Still raining. Running both engines. 9:37AM. Still no wind.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Wednesday, October 17, 2018

First Passage

We didn’t make a blog post describing our passage from Vero Beach to Charleston after we first bought the boat. This picture is a good reminder of how inexperienced we were. Rough seas 70 nautical miles East of Jacksonville. Still two nights away from Charleston.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, April 15, 2018

Buena Vida

One picture of our previous boat, Buena Vida. She was a 34 foot Beneteau 353 moored in Bellingham, WA. Sometimes we miss her simplicity. Surviving a snowstorm in Bellingham

Posted by svcurrentlife on Friday, November 3, 2017

San Juan Sailing Day 4 – Victoria

Not much to write about today as we did no sailing. We spent the day exploring the city of Victoria. We started the day with breakfast at Starbucks (some habits are hard to change). Next we took a walk along the waterfront. The only thing we took a picture of was this huge ship whose job is to lay undersea fiber optic cables. Since there’s not much to write about, I’ll throw in another picture of Foxy Freda.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

San Juan Sailing Day 3 – Stuart Island to Victoria Harbor

After a very calm night in Prevost harbor we headed out early for Victoria, British Columbia. We’d heard the current was strong in the Haro Strait so we didn’t want to be against it. The atlas told us that until about noon, the current would be with us. We checked the weather in the morning and it looked like storms would be rolling through the entire day. There was a small craft advisory until 5PM.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Monday, September 19, 2016

San Juan Sailing Day 2 - Clark Island to Stuart Island

We awoke after a windy, wake-filled night at Clark Island ready to head over to Stuart Island. As part of our provisioning before we left on the trip, we stopped at Starbucks in Anacortes and picked up coffee, a french press and four classic coffee cakes still in their wrapper. For breakfast we had two of the coffee cakes and made use of the french press. After breakfast, we set sail for Stuart island.

Posted by svcurrentlife on Sunday, September 18, 2016

San Juan Sailing Day 1 - Anacortes to Clark Island

Posted by svcurrentlife on Saturday, September 17, 2016