One of the benefits of cruising as a couple for over 20 years is the fact that we have met some wonderful people and made many friends for life. Whether traveling by land or sea, we can’t travel very far without needing to stop and visit with one of th…
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You Can Follow Along
All of our friends and followers can keep track of our locations in almost real time. For quite awhile, Beach House has been using the Argus Survice Engineering (spelled correctly) on-board sensor platform for recording depth data as we travel along …
Satsuma to Palm Coast
Departure day came cold, dreary and overcast. Waiting a few hours for things to clear up proved to be fruitless, so the power cords were disconnected, the docks lines released, everything safely stowed and at 10:00 a.m. the next adventure began. Every …
A Short Cruise on the St. Johns River
A weeks worth of great weather was all the excuse we needed to get out of the slip and do some cruising on the St. Johns River, south of where we have spent the winter. What a spectacular trip it turned out to be. The weather was perfect and the river …
Our Latest Projects
Since our arrival at Acosta Creek Harbor on the St. Johns River in Satsuma, FL, we have had two priorities. Number one was to finish the Chesapeake Bay anchorage book and have it ready for distribution. Number one completed. Number two was actually sev…
Finding A Winter Home.
Before the day was done, upon our arrival at Fernandina Harbor Marina, the winds began to pick up and continued to increase for almost a week. This was the weather system that we were trying to stay ahead of and the reason we planned a marina stop inst…
Industry Mourns Marine Magazine Publisher, Skip Allen
The industry mourns the passing of an Icon. Skip Allen gave us our first break by publishing many of our cruising articles in Southern Boating when we first starting cruising as a couple in the early 1990’s. Skip’s passing is sad news for us and for…
If It’s Monday, It Must Be Florida
Leaving the Duplin River as soon as the fog lifted put us in the Little Mud River just past high tide. A little later than we planned, but still with a good safety margin. The 7- to 8-foot tides allow us safe passage even through the 4- to 5-foot spots…
We’re Taking Advance Orders For The Chesapeake Bay Anchorage Book
GREAT NEWS…We’re now taking advance orders for our latest installment of The Great Book Of Anchorages, The Chesapeake Bay, Including The Potomac River, and they will ship no later than March 26th. Maybe sooner if the printer is finished sooner. Ther…
Just An Old Sweet Song Keeps Georgia On My Mind
It’s always hard for us to leave Beaufort, South Carolina. There are discussions about staying for a while and talk of former good times. The folks are friendly and welcoming, and it just feels right. But the waterway called once again and we gave in t…
