C'est le début de la route de l'intracostal. Nous aurons 1200 miles nautiques à faire pour arriver au Bahamas. Les paysages changeront d'un état à l'autre. Voici la première partie. [View Full Entry]

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L'intracostal en passant par la Virginie, la Caroline du Nord, la Caroline du Sud, la Georgie et la Floride. [View Full Entry]

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climbing slab and small face hold with thin gear. leaning new things. so good! just need warm good weather! [View Full Entry]

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We left Elizabeth City and travelled to Oriental, NC via Albemarle Sound, the Alligator River, Pungo River & canal, across the Pamlico River, through Goose Creek to the Neuse River. Peter and Guy came over for diner when we anchored at East Lake near the entrance to the Alligator River, which we all enjoyed. Irish was nice and warm and it has been very cold these weeks. About 3 miles out of Oriental harbor a pulley on the engine which drives the waterpump sheared off. Gene called Deaton Marine, the Yanmar dealer in Oriental, to order the part. They actually had [View Full Entry]

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Jour 62 En ce mardi, 11 novembre, Jour du Souvenir : Réveil à 5h!! Il fait froid et humide. On voit de la brume au loin, sur le Pamlico Sound. Il ne vente pas beaucoup. On lève l’ancre les derniers. Nous sortons tranquillement d’ici, en suivant notre route d’hier tracée sur le GPS. Le soleil se lève, dissipant la brume au loin. Tout semble idyllique…. ne vous y fier pas! Le vent s’est levé, expliquant le départ de la brume. Il faut sortir de Bay River et contourner Mall Shoal Point afin de remonter dans la rivière Neuse jusqu’au canal qui [View Full Entry]

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Storm - bound here for a couple of days - weather has not been kind - those #!@&! cold fronts coming down from Canada! Saw our first pod of dophins and our first palm tree coming in here yesterday from Oriental. At least the layover gave us the chance to get longer dock lines (the tides and mooring posts make them necessary) and replace the pressure water pump. The marina here has a wreck for a loaner car but it got us to the hardware store and Food Lion to stock up. This Beaufort is pronounced "Bow Fort" The one in [View Full Entry]

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The Trip South - 2008 We began our trek back to the Bahamas by leaving our temporary summer home in Middle River, MD on Tuesday October 14th. On the way out the river, our new friends Opie & JT were just returning from their commercial crabbing and came along side Double-Wide to wish us well and to pass along a bottle of wine for the voyage. The wind was light but we were determined to sail as much of the Chesapeake Bay as possible so we struggled in a light 5-7 knot breeze out of the SW. Early in the afternoon [View Full Entry]

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Avant de vous donner des nouvelles, voici un résumé de 2 journées types. La vie au quotidien Une journée navigation Quand nous décidons de changer d’endroit, la veille au soir nous sortons les cartes nautiques et les guides, puis nous téléchargeons la météo. Selon les vents que nous aurons, nous choisissons un mouillage, puis on en repère un autre, au cas où la météo changerait. Il faut toujours avoir un plan B dans son sac. Le matin, on ne niaise pas, on déjeune puis on part. Si la route s’annonce houleuse, les lunchs du midi sont préparés le matin, sinon [View Full Entry]

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November 9th- up at 4.30am to catch the tide - but the lurking crab traps which could snare our prop delayed the cast-off until daylight at 6am. Last night we had dinner with another new group of cruisers - mostly Brits - all with fascinating stories - living aboard and seeing the world from their boat. Some have spent months ‘on the hard’ doing repairs and preparing for the next leg. Most are incredibly skilled at making do - finding an affordable solution - something we are working towards! The first leg to Portsmouth VA (54 miles) took us 10 hours [View Full Entry]

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The Great Dismal Swamp - what a great name! Again, we had perfect conditions to enjoy the 28 mile cruise through the oldest and longest canal in the US. The water was almost black (tannins) and littered with fallen leaves and the occasional log - so with the narrow and shallow channel (6- 8’) dozing at the helm was not an option. We rafted 3 boats deep at the Visitor’s Centre - the only option in the area. Elizabeth City, North Carolina is a welcoming town at the south end of the swamp. We could only stay one night (free dockage) [View Full Entry]

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