We are taking a lay day in the Hampton River in Hampton VA and are wondering why more boaters don’t pull into the Hampton River as a change from Norfolk and Portsmouth. It is a well-protected location whether you take a slip at the city pier or nearby…
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Hampton River
Okay, this will sound like bragging, but we did in fact have another beautiful day on the Chesapeake Bay after leaving Reedville VA/Cockrell Creek. A mild wind was behind us, the current was in our favor, and though the waves built at times to 4 feet,…
On The Road Again
It’s Saturday, October 20 and we are back and finally in cruising mode. For several days and continuing right up through early this morning, the weather forecasts have continually changed and we kept delaying the start of our trip south from Solomons …
Summer Hiatus
Our friends have reminded us that our blog shows us lingering in the Alligator-Pungo Canal back in mid-May, despite the fact that we are comfortably ensconced at home in Vermont. An update is in order. (Continued…)
Drama on the Alligator-Pungo Canal
A heart-stopping moment thrust itself upon Puffin this morning in the Alligator-Pungo Canal. (Continued…)
Charleston Addenda
If you read our previous blog, you already know that we left Charleston four days ago, and you’ve read about the highlight of our passing through McClennanville on our first day out, watching the freshly painted shrimp boats with multi-colored flags …
Underway at Last
Heading north today gave us our first taste of really stifling heat after a beautiful month in Charleston, South Carolina. We piloted from the flybridge to catch the occasional breeze and found ourselves in direct confrontation with legions of monster…
Stuart to Charleston on the Fast Track
We wanted to make good time getting from Stuart Fl to Charleston, but weren’t sure that day trips out on the Atlantic would save us time. And the lock on the Cape Canaveral Canal was closed the first time we would have considered it, and that threw o…
Sanibel to Sarasota and back
After leaving the Ding Darling Refuge in Sanibel, we spent two weeks exploring the rest of Pine Island Sound on the west coast of Florida. We stopped to anchor behind lovely, well manicured private island Useppa and dinghied from there over to nearby …
The St. Lucie & Caloosahatchee Canals
Yesterday was a day of pure excitement for this unabashed wildlife maven. Puffin departed Indian Point Marina a little after 7:00 AM and right away saw yesterday’s “resident” alligator gliding silently through the early light to his regular corner of …
