Perseverance2
| Vessel Name: | Perseverance2 |
| Vessel Make/Model: | O'Day 39 |
| Hailing Port: | Burgess, VA |
25 April 2014 | Closing in on Home
2014 #12
Wednesday we headed north on the Alligator River, aiming for the Virginia Cut of the ICW. But first......as we turn north onto the river, we are met with strong north winds, in the 20-27 range, making for a rather bumpy ride. Another boat, well ahead, radioed back that the Albemarle Sound was ‘not [...]
25 April 2014 | On to the Alligator River
2014 #11
Another spell of unpleasant weather was being forecast, and not wanting to be stuck in Myrtle Beach, we again hopped outside and went from Winyah Bay north to Southport, NC. Rain and wind coming - time for another marina. One day to walk around the town with the azaleas and dogwoods blooming, one rainy [...]
25 April 2014 | North of Charleston
2014 #10
We had wanted to spend a few days in Charleston, but marina space would not allow it. So after one night at anchor, not in the main Charleston harbor, we hit the ICW to head north. Saturday, April 12, we traveled from Charleston to Winyah Bay on the ICW. Became reacquainted with the shallows of several [...]
25 April 2014
2014 #9 St Augustine-Charleston
A few days in St. Augustine stretched into almost a week at Rivers Edge Marina. Not super fancy, but very close to a lot of things, and very friendly. With friends nearby from Belum, Shearwater, and Sequence, our social calendar was not lacking. We managed to attend a Rhythm and Ribs Festival (great [...]
01 April 2014
2014 #8 USA Again
We did our homeward-bound crossing that Wednesday and arrived in Lake Worth/Palm Beach, FL, Thursday morning, March 20. An uneventful, calm, motoring trip of 28+ hours. A day and a half to rest, recuperate, clean fuel filters, and on Saturday morning we headed back out to go north to Fort Pierce, which [...]
18 March 2014
2014 #7 George Town to Nassau
We moved north through the Exumas and, of course, had to find a spot to protect us from some coming strong west winds. We did a tour through an area called Pipe Creek, about which everyone raves. We agree it was beautiful, but yikes, the pressure to stay in the deep areas, don’t anchor in the channel, [...]
2014 #5 Georgetown, Exumas
With all the boats here (205 then 300+, now about 275) there has been plenty to do. As described by a much younger person (visiting their parents on a boat) - geriatric summer camp. We have kept a low profile, doing a few activities, attending a dance, a few walks on Stocking Island, next to our anchorage. We have enjoyed being with the cruisers that we have met before and have met a lot more. (Pennsylvania - there is another couple here who recently moved out of Wilkes Barre onto full time boat living, who attended Bloomsburg University when Cathy did, and who lived on Fifth Street while going to the college?! Small world.)
We did change anchorages, once for an anticipated strong west wind that did not fully materialize, so we are in our fourth `parking spot'. The changes to the dinghy and outboard have made crossing the harbor to `go to town' much easier, and the solar panels have made battery maintenance so much easier. The cruisers' Regatta is winding down, and like a lot of others, we are thinking of moving on, weather dependent. We may be able to start the northern trek on Sunday, and that would put us back in the States by the end of March.
The attached picture is of a beach on the south end of Little Exuma Island. We took a tour with six others in a van, with a driver/guide. We got to see a lot more than what is just around the harbor. If you can spot a small tower in the background, that is an old beacon that used to guide ships coming in to load up on salt that was being `mined' from the salt flats on the other side of the island.