The Deal
With the boat safely tucked away in Brunswick we returned to Mount Dora to enjoy settling back home, visiting friends, and of course in my case, returning to work. When I gave up my partnership at the start of this journey I took a pay cut in exchange for having…
Returning to our Brunswick Home
We spent the morning before we left Cumberland Island letting Max have more practice as the dinghy captain. He did well, got the hang of it quickly. Although in this picture Brooke looks like she wants to evacuate! After the dogs went to the shore for their potty break we weighed anchor…
Cumberland Island
We arrived at Cumberland Island in the afternoon after a long drive up from Jacksonville. We dropped anchor and dinghied to the dock to take the dogs ashore and explore. Cumberland Island is a National Park. The only access is by boat or ferry. The north end of the Island…
Jacksonville to Cumberland Island
Finally, we were getting to go to Cumberland Island! We left around 7:30 in the morning from Jacksonville north on the ICW. On the way we realized we needed ice, milk, bait, bread (it had all been fed to the catfish), and there is no provisioning on Cumberland Island.…
Daytona to Jacksonville
We took off from Halifax Harbor Marina and went north on the ICW. We spent the night at one of our favorite marinas—Marineland. Small, sheltered, friendly, large dog walk area, and across the street from the beach. The kids were able to get some energy out playing in the water…
Our “third child”
It is time to take the boat to Brunswick,GA, for Hurricane Season (until November 1st). This time we get a special treat– our “third child”, Maxwell, is coming along. He is actually the child of our very close friends who live in Boston, but he has grown up with our…
Apprehension and amazement
We got an early start in the morning to head the rest of the way home to Halifax Harbor Marina in Daytona Beach. The day started with us passing the Kennedy Space Center. We were so excited that there was a rocket launch scheduled that morning and we were able to…
Heading home
After spending the night at the Pelican Yacht Club Marina in Fort Pierce we got up bright and early to start heading back north. The plan is to return home in two long days. The first leg would be all the way to Cape Canaveral. Fortunately it was a beautiful…
Beautiful Day of Sailing
We woke up to beautiful weather and decided to go out the Fort Pierce Inlet and do some sailing. We hadn’t actually sailed since our mast was shortened and we had all new standing rigging and this was a perfect day to test things out. Kim and Ben sailed at different…
Harbortown-Ft Pierce
We travelled 3 hours south and went to Fort Pierce. We stayed the night at the Harbortown marina. They had several dockhands available to help us tie up on the outside dock as you pull in. We joined a row of catamarans on both sides of the dock, the first…