Beaufort, South Carolina has a special meaning for us. Aside from being a regular and well-liked stop along the ICW, it’s also where we sold our Mariner 40 ketch, Sea Trek, and where we found and purchased Beach House. We also lived there for a year an…
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The Chesapeake Bay Is Coming Soon
Please, please help us spread the word. I’m so excited, I just can’t hide it. Susan has been working and slaving for months putting all the bits and pieces together, and our next installment of The Great Book Of Anchorages, The Chesapeake Bay, will…
Myrtle Beach Onward to Beaufort, SC
Myrtle Beach is one of our favorite stops that is always too short, and we have a tough time leaving. But we had to leave – warmer weather called and we had to answer the call. Between Myrtle Beach and our next stop of any duration, we would need to vi…
Happy New Year 2014
A very Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year to all of our friends, family and followers, from the Trawler Beach House. We apologize for the blog being a little behind in our posting. The holidays and work stuff seems to have gotten in the way. Susan is …
The Journey South Continues to Myrtle Beach
From Southport, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway runs along the Atlantic coast with no more than barrier islands separating the waterway from the Atlantic Ocean. There are many resort towns along this stretch and also a few inlets that need to be tra…
Free Shipping Offer
We have never understood why a holiday shopping day is given such an ominous name like “Black Friday”. So we’re giving our special offer a more festive name, “Green and Red Event”. Starting on November 30th and ending on December 15th, we are offering …
Happy Thanksgiving
Susan and I would like to wish all of our friends and followers of the Blogs, their friends and family, a happy Thanksgiving, and to all of you out there cruising, we wish you safe travels and hope to see you out there. Chuck and SusanGeorge Washington…
On to Southport, North Carolina
Southbound from Wrightsville Beach, it can be an easy run down the ICW and the Cape Fear River if you have the right wind and tide conditions. On the day we made the trip, it could not have been better. It was anchor up at 0730 in Wrightsville and we w…
The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
We have had a love-hate relationship with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway for over 20 years. Every trip is a journey of discovery and every trip we learn something new and encounter new experiences. There are days when we are so thankful for all of …
On To Swansboro North Carolina
From Beaufort to Swansboro, the distance is only 33 nautical miles. After running a few more errands, we left the docks at a little after noon. I can’t remember the last time our day started this late. As we keep saying, there is no place we have to b…
