Unless you have on-board internet connections, wifi is in short supply for cruising boaters We gather like honey bees at dockside hot spots. We're taking an early morning oppportunity to get our blog launched before casting off for the ICW. The trip so far has been 'busy' but the pace should ease up on this next leg. We will share some of the experiences of the earlier days later on. It's cloudy but fair in Norfolk. The day is in full swing for the towns folk. We're at the harbour, facing a massive Portsmouth drydock and boat-building facility. We used this [View Full Entry]

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Annapolis le salon du bateau wow wow! Enfin le salon est commencé,très très salon du voilier. Ce n'est pas le premier salon qui prépare la gang. Une logistique à tout épreuve. Les bateaux sont sur l'eau amarés à un quai qui n'était pas là quelques jours avant. Poteaux, genre téléphone, sont enfoncés selon un patron bien établie, ancrage des quaies, montage des tantes pour les exposants et l'arrivé des bateaux pour le show. Le salon du bateau de Montréal à croute à manger. De la belle visite,Stéphanie et René amis de la marina sont au rendez-vous pour le salon tel que [View Full Entry]

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Nous voilà reparti en laissent derière nous de beau souvenir . Prochain dodo Galesville belle petite baie pour 1 dodo . zzzzzzzz. 7hr am Départ pour Solomons belle journée de voile arrivée vers 5pm . Nous passont 4 jours a Solomon et 4 jours de mauvais temps et de froid une chance il y avait 1 Westmarine hihi magasin pour les capitaines. Nous sommes 6 voiliers quebecois dans Backcreek Solomon alors nous decidons de partire en flotille pour Deltaville . Encore tres belle journée de voile pour se rende à Deltaville ,mais pas baucoup de place pour se mettre à l'ancre [View Full Entry]

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Destination- Anchorage at Hospital Point in Portsmouth, Va Point of Departure- Salt Pondas Marina in Hampton, Va 11:00 AM Arrived - Portsmouth 3:00 PM Pasengers- Frank Wind - N10-15 kts decreased down the Elizabeth River so ran motor last half hour. Fueled up at Ocean Yacht Marina and headed back to anchorage. Dinghy motor would not start, pull rope was hung. Hopefully I can fix it in Coinjock tomorrow. May stay there two nights because of predicted thunderstorm. Had to paddle Frank over to Tidewater Marina to meet his girlfriend at the Deck restaurant for his ride home. Matt Shirk fro [View Full Entry]

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Thought I would add a bit so I could post a couple of photos. The Spirit of Independence is docked near us...kind of looks like a giant, version of us. Well actually, she has bronze engraved winches and stuff, but the lines are similar. Lovely chap who crews on the vessel gave us all sorts of useful information regarding the area. We will be here for another day or two..taking advantage of some free spots to tie up and or anchor. It would be nice to get a little sight seeing in. Our cruising permit says we need to call in [View Full Entry]

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Well, we’re docked! And I can’t believe the end is already here. We woke up briiiight and early this morning (about 6am) to Claudia, Dean Sean’s mom, singing “Good Morning” over the PA system. It was a great final touch to our last wake-up call (although unusually early). My friends and I had our last breakfast outside as we watched the sunrise and pulled into the channel leading into Norfolk. Seeing land for the first time in 9 days was warming, especially it being our home country, which we haven’t seen in 10 weeks. We all went up to the front [View Full Entry]

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Ok so now it’s time to update as I have been very slack and lazy with this so I figured it’s about time I pulled my finger out. Now late last month ‘we’ (Jeremy and I) had the chance to head up to Norfolk Virginia because being the superstar that he is, Jeremy received his CSM from the Australian Ambassador on HMAS BALLARAT which was partaking in Northern Trident 09. We decided that we would make a road trip out of it and headed up through Georgia and South Carolina where the accents became a little more 'rednecky' (I know [View Full Entry]

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Thirteen Days. Thirteen days and I'll be taking the trip I've literally been born to take. On the other hand, Monte has been hesitant about this trip since the day I first mentioned the idea. How did so much pressure come from one little trip? I think it all started with a plate of arepas con queso... Visiting my dad in Richmond one time shortly after Monte and I started dating, Monte had his first arepa. I watched almost too closely as he took his first bite of the grilled corn cake with cheese that my stepm [View Full Entry]

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Obfuscator writes: I'll keep this pretty short, since there's not a lot to say that will interest everyone. After we left Mount Yonah on Day 88, we drove until about Greenville, SC, where we found a decent motel and crashed for the night. The following day, we drove from there to Norfolk, VA, where we were due to meet our brother J and his family for Thanksgiving. The drive would have been a lot better if we hadn't hit fairly awful traffic around Charlotte, NC. Being the day before Thanksgiving, we probably should have anticipated bad traffic, but we didn't think [View Full Entry]

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Nov 9. Salomon I, MD to Portsmouth, VA We left Salomon Island, MD at 0715. Around 1130 we passed from Maryland to Virginia. At 1800 we passed by the Navy Pier at Norfolk, VA. It was impressive to see the ships at night time. At 1939 we anchored by Tidewater Marina in Porthsmouth, VA. We logged 98 nm today. [View Full Entry]

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