Cruisers often talk about provisioning for the Bahamas before leaving Florida, but no one ever mentioned that we should provision for the Carolinas before leaving Virginia. We’d been plum out of rum, vodka and wine pretty much since Norfolk, Virginia, and it wasn’t for lack of trying. We asked everyone we met in North and … Continue reading »
Part 1: Smooth sailing (Oriental, NC) When we left Oriental on Monday, it was 70 degrees and sunny, the wind was calm, I was wearing a t-shirt, and dolphins swam alongside us as we made our way towards Beaufort, North Carolina. This was finally starting to shape up to the kind of trip I’d imagined … Continue reading »
I have mentioned before that land schedules do not jive with sail plans. Yet I don’t think we’ve quite internalized this fact because we keep scheduling things like we still live in Manhattan. Luckily, with a little help from the universe (i.e. Facebook), an internet connection and the kindness of strangers, we’ve found we can … Continue reading »
We may not be in the Caribbean, but I am starting to have fun again. Which is good because I didn’t want to follow up a post called “Sailing Sucks” with one called “The Great Dismal Journey,” or something equally miserable. Luckily, having gotten through the Great Dismal Swamp yesterday and to our free dock … Continue reading »
