After Brunswick, Florida was finally just a hop, skip and jump away. After a surprisingly chilly several months along the ICW, I kept joking that as soon as we hit Florida the temperature would jump by 20 degrees. I wasn’t serious, but as luck would have it, almost literally as we crossed the GA/FL borderRead more…
With Savannah behind us, we were hoping to make it to Florida as quickly as possible. Unfortunately the weather had other plans. A pretty big front was moving in & bringing thunderstorms and some significant winds. After some quick research, we decided to tuck in at the Brunswick Landing Marina in Brunswick, GA. Not tooRead more…
We’ve been way way way behind on the blog and didn’t want to post new things until we caught up with all of the travel updates down to our initial destination of Miami Beach. It’s all coming, promise! In the meantime we wanted to provide a quick update on where we are and our planRead more…
Ah, Georgia – the most dreaded stretch of the ICW. It is a land of twists & turns, 8 foot tides, ripping currents and treacherous shallows that must be transited with care. Many try to go offshore from South Carolina to Florida and bypass Georgia altogether. We certainly entertained that idea but a good weather window neverRead more…
When we first decided to go cruising on Elara, I decided that adding a solar panel would be a necessity at some point. It wasn’t really super-urgent while heading down the ICW (since we were motoring everyday anyway to charge the batteries), it was definitely a “do before we head to the islands” project. SittingRead more…
We were of course shaken up after our misadventure as we were leaving Charleston. We kept going over it in our heads to see what we could’ve done different, how we could have prevented it. Now we’d have to figure out how to get the replacement oars which means we’d have to stay somewhere longRead more…
On January 29th, after many goodbyes and thank yous to everyone at the Charleston City Boatyard for taking care of us for two months, we set out for our next destination, our first since the big debacle. While we were in the Charleston area for two months, we were pretty far from the city centerRead more…
While I was hanging out in Philly and Ed was on the boat he was cooking up a few sewing projects for us. Once I got back to the boat, and after taking a few days to get over the fact that we were still in the boatyard, we got to it! Our boat hadRead more…
One of the best things about this whole “cruising” lifestyle is the awesome folks you meet along the way. The boating community in general seems to be a pretty friendly group, but there are some folks who you just have an immediate connection with beyond just having “the whole cruising thing” in common. Ryan andRead more…
Finally! With all the cosmetic damage repaired, our new rudder, and new bobstay we are back in the water! Took a short hop down to downtown Charleston for a week to check out the city – tons of fun, now we’re heading south again, currently in Beaufort for the next few days waiting out someRead more…