51.4 Miles TravelledApril 24, 2011 – The weather was really holding out, rose to warm sunny conditions. In fact the first half hour of the trip we were opening the vinyl sides on the bridge. It was too stuffy and already in the 70’s. Ou…
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Day 9 Thunderbolt Marina, GA – Port Royal, SC
43.6 Miles Travelled – Planned our departure from Thunderbolt for slack tide around 7:30 in the morning. Diamond Girl was soon following behind. It was not only slack tide but low tide and at times our depth alarms were sounding o…
Day 8 Duplin River – Thunderbolt Marina , GA
April 22nd – 66 miles – Woke in the morning to find that all was well. It was an amazingly peaceful night. Once the storm passed all was quiet and the boat had barely rocked. One thing we did notice through the night was the current runs rapi…
Day 7 Whew!!! We made it!! Fernandina Beach, Fl – Duplin River, Ga
April 21st – 67 Miles! Long day for us! Woke fairly early in the morning and decided that we’d play today by ear. The temperatures have been unseasonably hot reaching the low 90’s and today wasn’t going to be much different. Except,,,, There was …
Day 6 St. Augustine to Belles River Anchorage, Fernandina, Fl
Wednesday April 20th – Dropping the lines from the pennant was a lot easier than picking them up. The weather was holding out for us again, we can’t believe how warm it is in the morning. Headed out under the bridge and took a left just at the St. Augu…
Day 5 Palm Coast to St. Augustine
26 Miles TravelledTuesday April 19th – Untied the lines from the dock and waved good-bye to Phil and Sarah Lowe. Our trip today was going to be a short run to St. Augustine Municipal Marina. This time we wanted to try their new mooring balls….
Day 4 New Smyrna Beach to Palm Coast
43 Miles travelledWe woke to a beautiful peaceful morning. The sun was shining and the air was calm and warm. Released the lines from the dock and began our morning travels. Turned up the Ponce De Leon Cut and the Intracoastal was like a sheet of…
Day 3 Titusville to New Smyrna Beach
32 Miles Titusville – New Smyrna Beach, FlSunday April 17th – Shortly around 8 am we weighed anchor. Todays trip took from the Indian River through Mosquito Lagoon which has a lot of natural areas. Off in the distance on bird island we s…
Day 2 Fuelling Up and Titusville
52.8 miles Cape Malibar – Titusville, FlSaturday April 16th – Weighed anchor and began our journey north. Our plan today was to anchor just outside of Titusville Marina but first we needed to refuel at the Canaveral Barge Canal. With fuel prices rising…
And We’re Off!! Day 1 of the ‘Great Loop’
60 Miles Travelled Hutchinson Island to Cape MalibarApril 15th 2011 – It’s here our first official day of the Great Loop! What is the Great Loop? Check out the photo below, it’s at least a 6000 mile trip and should take us about a year …
