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…And where are you now?
Here…Now… My (James’) mother died in the early morning hours of the 7th of November 2022. Goodby Mom. She was an amazing woman. If you know me you have heard a thing of two about her. If you don’t,...
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ICWooWoo
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is a bizarre lesson in the surreal. WTAFO?! …The (all too) real… Abaft on glass S/VS.N. Cetacea…home at Great Bridge? …And the, “I’m totally done with this shit!”...
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Four days offshore, Beaufort to Fernandina Beach
Beaufort was a terribly tight anchorage, which is what we’d heard and why we’d chosen the dubious charms of Morehead City each and every other time we’ve come through the area. We watched the weather...
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The five to four ratio
Remember the cracked rib thing a couple of blogs back? Well as it turned out, a four day offshore adventure a couple of weeks after doing that is taxing…to say the least. I (James) needed some...
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The Moon and Mars
Another night where it never got dark! Hold on there, brushfire, we got some story tell’n to do! So we rolled on down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway meaning, we trudged along on the dead bodies of...
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Life in Florida
New Smyrna was about as adventurous as its name. The (walk to) laundromat was extraordinarily bad, the food was…ew! The accommodations were what’ev’s, and the anchorage was a complete disaster! I...
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Santa Maria to Madeira Day 3
Wednesday 5/1 Dena’s 1200-1230 watch Starting off so calm, the wind has nowhere to go but up. Go up! There’s a haze keeping us from full potential solar production but we’re doing okay. We’re planning...
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Santa Maria to Madeira Day 4
Thursday 5/2 Dena’s 1300-1400 watch A sudden increase from F3 to F4 needed another reef in the main and about 50% of the staysail rolled in. Feels good and balanced again, but the increased winds are...
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Santa Maria to Madeira Day 5
Friday 5/3 Dena’s 1400-1500 watch Started off the new sailing period with a pbnj sandwich, baked beans, and a nap. Totally satisfying. When I went above to check things out at the beginning of this...
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Santa Maria to Madeira Day 6
Saturday 5/4 James’ 1400-1500 watch Between noon and 2, we averaged 5 knots. What’s really amazing about that is how comfortable it is, with a modest heel, less motion in response to much-calmer...
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Santa Maria to Madeira Day 7
Sunday 5/5 Since we’re not going to stand off and wait for daylight to enter the anchorage, it’s kinda silly to be so wrapped up in the math on when we might arrive, but here I am. We’re almost 35...
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Madeira to Lanzarote Day 1
Tuesday, May 7 James’ anchor-up to 1600 watch We’re off! No forecast in hand because neither of us had time left on our data sims. We tried calling two different boats on VHF but got no response. I...
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Madeira to Lanzarote Day 2
Wednesday, May 8 Dena’s 1300-1400 watch Sailing at about 2.5 knots is no hardship with the new, calmer sea state. We’re on a close reach, making up some of the easting we lost in the dead air this...
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Madeira to Lanzarote Day 3
Thursday, May 9 James’ 1200-1230 watch The wind is growing and we’re talking about how to prepare for the acceleration zone off Lanzarote. The Canaries have these zones of higher winds where the...
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Madeira to Lanzarote Day 4
Friday, May 10 The wind is gentler again but I hold out hope of arriving before full dark, if not before sundown. For a while there, the chartplotter was tossing up times in the late afternoon but, as...
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In our Ocean of Blue
After the news that James’ sister was recovering from her heart…issues, we were determined to keep on moving forthwith. The internet access at Santa Maria gave us weather forecasts and we were sure we...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 4
Saturday, July 6 Dena’s 1600-1700 watch The weather’s settled a little or, more likely, getting a little distance from the rapids of the continental shelf at a cape has improved the character of the...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 5
Sunday, July 7 Dena’s 1200-1230 half watch Dena not-so-hard at work When I logged day 4, I hit the bottom of the page. That’s when I add those travels to the total distance we’ve traveled aboard...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 6
Monday, July 8 Dena’s 1200-1230 half watch Looking at the monotonous pale dome of the sky, I remembered that, last night, it looked like the sky of a big town. Only the brightest stars made it...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 7
Tuesday, July 9 James’ 1400-1500 watch In the first 15 minutes of the new day, our average speed was 5.5 knots. By 1400, it was down to 5.1 but I’m still glad we reefed when we did. James is both on...
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