Wednesday, Jan 5th we cruised from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach. We called ahead to Seven Seas Marina, and reserved a slip. This stopover is becoming somewhat of a tradition as this will be our 5th or 6th stopover. It meets our preferred marina crite…
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St. Augustine
Happy New Year from St. Augustine! Black Raven Pirate Tour North mooring field We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Historic St. Augustine is one of our favorite spots on the trip south, we decided to stay over the New Year’s holiday. The […]
St. Augustine
Happy New Year from St. Augustine!
Black Raven Pirate Tour
North mooring field
We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Histori…
Fraser’s Hog Cay, Berry Islands
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Day 101. The weather predictions for this evening, Thursday, and Friday are for heavy winds and seas, generally from the southwest to northwest becoming south, and we were anxious to get moving. Beth had heard good reports…
Great Bahama Banks
We got up and left at high tide (7:50 am) so that we could get over the shoal area at the entrance to the Bimini Sands Marina. This was a very high tide (+6 ft.) and we had no trouble getting out.Slow Dancin’ and Escapade spent all day crossing the …
Bimini
“The time has come, the walrus said ….” After being at anchor in South Beach for several reasons, one of which was the weather, it is time to leave. The wind and wave forecasts, while not great, are the best for the last week and for the next f…
New Years at Black Point, Exumas
While sitting in Cambridge Cay, we began having problems with our water maker -water production was down by almost 50% and a hose blew out due to high pressure. Corey looked at a number of things, but couldn't determine the cause of the problem. …
Return to Miami Beach
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, Day 87. With Kevin and Courtney aboard, we headed south from Pumpkin Key toward the town of Key Largo. The water kept getting shallower and shallower, often showing mere inches under our keel and we were near high tide! …
Christmas at Cambridge Cay
After arriving in the Exumas we anchored behind a tiny cay to gain protection from potential northwest swells; protection from the wind wasn't possible since the cay is not much more than 10 feet above sea level. The sunset was breathtaking with v…
Escape from Brunswick
We decided the weather was as warm as it was going to get, and the winds laid, so it was time to leave the comfort and convenience of the dock and head south. We left Brunswick at about 0920, and arrived in Fernandina Beach around 1600 hours. Light winds and calm seas allowed an offshore […]
