Today was a great day to sail, we went a little over 50 miles down the pungo river, through the Pamlico River, then onto the Neuse River. We were able to sail or motor sail almost the whole day. Once we got to Oriental and anchored we quickly realized we needed more protection from the […]

The last 2 days we covered about 80 miles, yesterday was a pretty uneventful day sailing/motoring from Coinjok to the beginning of the alligator-pungo canal. We were able to put the sails out across the Albemarle Sound and the Alligator river, With a following sea and wind we cruised around 6 knots. Today we traveled

Today was a higher mileage day, we started off in Portsmouth and began our journey down the ICW, where we went under 14 bridges, some of which they had to open for us, and also went through our first lock. The ICW is a narrow channel about 12 feet deep, step out of the channel

After a long day yesterday we decided to only go about 10 miles, the wind was still howling out of the north and it was foggy and rainy. As we left Wilobey bay, we entered the very busy shipping channel for Norfolk, where we seen where a lot of the large Navy ships are docked

We got the boat ready around 7 a.m. for departure, as we motored out to the bay the wind was howling. I foolishly put out a full main and genoa, the boat was quickly overpowered and waves were crashing over the bow. We turned into the wind and reefed both sails. after sailing out about

Today was a chore day, we did laundry at a marina we are anchored in front of, then walked 5 miles through the town of Deltaville, where we ate at a small cafe with delicious wraps ( Cafe by the Bay). On our walk back we found a great hardware store where I was able

Today was not a bad day, after leaving the dock in Reedville, we continued out trek south. With Deltaville as our next destination, we hoisted the sails and took to the bay. Winds were NE at about 15, which put it on our backs again. The bay was very rolly again, with some steep waves.

Today was a fast sail from the little creek we stayed in last night, a Cold front was blowing in , so it was very rainy with low visibility, i have never seen such big waves in the Chesapeake, easily 6-8 foot rollers going into the mouth of the Potomac. After rounding the point we

A fairly easy day today, we had 5-10 knots coming directly behind us. sail was slow, we ended up turning the motor on to get us to anchor a little quicker- traveled only 28 miles today. The only issue so far is a possible bad regulator for our alternator. Currently troubleshooting. Hoping for a good

Today was a brutal day on the water, we left our protected anchorage near Oxford, we preceded out of the Choptank River to a very angry Chesapeake bay. Our course was South, Wind direction out of the South at 20-25 knots. Waves were high and the squalls were plentiful. We traveled about 37 miles which

Today was a very slow day, winds were gusting up to 40mph, however we stayed in a nice protected anchorage. It was a sleepless night worrying if the anchor would drag, but it all turned out OK. Plan is to put the boat back together and continue sailing South tomorrow.

We started off the day with a nice 3 mile run through the town of Oxford, Once back on the boat , we picked up and anchor and moved up the river 3 miles to a more protective spot. Tropical storm warnings are posted , and we expect 20-30mph winds, gust up to 40. We

Today was mostly a motoring day again , winds were light, we got to sail for about an hour. we traveled about 30 miles from Annapolis to Oxford. We walked through the town of Oxford, just get off the boat a little. the next few days we are going to the boat ready for its

Today was a very slow motoring day, we cast off from the dock at around 11:30 and started heading South. We had the main sail up for a little. Winds were only 4-5 knots. Thanks to Mom and Dad for helping with the last minute stuff and the send off. A couple days and we

September 2023- we plan on sailing down the Atlantic ICW- by December we are planning on cruising the Caribbean