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Vessel Name: VTwin
Vessel Make/Model: Victory 35
Hailing Port: Detroit
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18 November 2018 | St Augustine, FL
17 November 2018 | Atlantic Ocean
16 November 2018 | Somewhere north of Charleston on the ICW
13 November 2018 | Waccamaw River
11 November 2018 | Myrtle Beach, SC
13 September 2018 | St Inigoes, MD
09 April 2018 | Man O War
06 April 2018 | Slaughter Harbor, The Berries, Bahamas
03 April 2018 | Key Biscayne
26 March 2018
26 March 2018 | Surfside, FL
13 January 2018 | Marathon, FL
04 January 2018 | Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, FL
02 January 2018 | Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Fl
28 December 2017 | Boot Key Harbor, Marathon FL
24 December 2017 | Marathon, FL
21 December 2017 | Marathon, FL.
21 December 2017 | Biscayne Bay, Fl
09 December 2017 | Vero Beach, FL
08 December 2017 | Vero Beach, FL
Recent Blog Posts
18 November 2018 | St Augustine, FL

Hello Florida!

Just tied up after 31 hours of travel, most of it in sloppy conditions in the Atlantic. Time for a beer and a nap!

17 November 2018 | Atlantic Ocean

Sunset at Sea

We have left the inlet near Savannah and are hoping to make it to St Augustine by tomorrow night.

16 November 2018 | Somewhere north of Charleston on the ICW

We have a hitchhiker

As we were motoring along, Chuck asks, is that a leaf on the dinghy engine? No, it was a little green snake. It stayed for awhile and slithered around on the engine, but when it started making a move toward getting in the dinghy, Chuck got a boat hook, and it went for a swim.

13 November 2018 | Waccamaw River

Hurricane Effects

There are many effects of a hurricane, and we have seen many of them lately thanks to Florence - broken docks, sunken boats, businesses closed due to flood damage, but one of the effects that we observed that is seen in the vegetation itself, is the dark line along the trees and bushes that marks the storm surge. Yesterday we were traveling along the Waccamaw River, and the line was clearly evident for miles. This one was originally made by Matthew 2 years ago, and any vegetation that had regrown was drowned again by Florence.

11 November 2018 | Myrtle Beach, SC

Our new friends are not impressed

We are at Osprey Marina by Myrtle Beach, SC. It’s a great protected reasonably priced place to stay, so we’ve stopped to change the oil in the engine and the generator, fill water, get diesel and gas, plugin to shore power so we can have heat, and to get off the boat for awhile. We met some other boaters up in the lounge, and went for a walk. We walked up to see the goats in the nearby field. Upon seeing us, they all immediately trotted over to greet us. They were quite interested until they realized we had no food, and then turned tail and walked off while making rude noises.

13 September 2018 | St Inigoes, MD

Water, water, everywhere, even some to drink

Is the cooler half full, or half empty? This year in the Bahamas was marked by lots of water - from the sky that is. In the 2 months we were there we only bought 10 gallons of drinking water. The rest we caught with our high tech catchment system shown in the picture - our trusty Igloo cooler that we [...]

Major misuse of a spinnaker pole

26 March 2018 | Surfside, FL
So, this is what kept us in Marathon for so long-trying to get this generator fixed. Is it working? No. It took 2 months for the company to fashion a new wiring harness and vibration isolators, and put it back together. We took it back to the boat, reinstalled it, and started it up. Started find, no overload condition, but no electricity either. Tried a different capacitor, same result. Ordered the proper capacitor, and it immediately started to smoke upon starting. 2 weeks later with the company not returning our calls, and we’re out of here. The Honda 1000 will have to do for now.

What did we do while we were in Marathon? We were productive and had some fun. On the productive side: replaced the leaking shower faucet, rebuilt the leaking stern shower, rebuilt the holding tank overboard pump, serviced the electric winch, changed the engine oil, made the AIS talk to the multiplexer, made the GPS talk to the VHF radio, replaced a rusted steering connector, completed the below decks autopilot installation and set up a quick change over arrangement for the dinghy propane tanks. Oh, and polishing the stainless, and general cleaning. Those 2 are permanent jobs.

On the fun side: attended a Celtic Festival,an Art Festival, and a Seafood Festival, went kayaking, went to the beach, saw a turtle release, went to the movies to see the latest Star Wars, went on a tour of the local nature preserve, attended the marina Sunday brunches, New Years with our Miami cousins(they came here), St Patrick’s Day at friends house, a dinghy drift, BBQ at the marina, drink the leftover Super Bowl party beer party at the marina, and drinks and dinners with cruising friends.

Now, after 2 very long travel days we are back in Miami to do a little socializing and provisioning, then it’s off to the Bahamas for a couple months. If you look at the Marathon album on the blog, you’ll find pictures of some of our activities over the last 3 months.
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April, May, June of 2019 in the Exumas and Eleuthera
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Created 6 May 2019
11 Photos
Created 29 November 2018
St Augistine, Charleston, Oriental summer of 2018
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Created 13 October 2018
April and May of 2018in the Bahamas
72 Photos
Created 17 May 2018
Our unexpectedly long stay in Marathon winter of 2018
56 Photos
Created 4 March 2018
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Created 27 August 2017
Things we've seen while in North Carolina
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Created 27 August 2017
Our trip to visit Rus and Lucy, 6/14-6/29/2017
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Created 20 June 2017
Day trip to Hope Town with Barry
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Created 16 March 2017
Man O War Cay, The Abacos, Bahamas
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Created 16 March 2017
By Petes Pub and Gallery
11 Photos
Created 13 March 2017
Bollucks Harbor and Slaughter Harbor
8 Photos
Created 13 March 2017
This is a National Park. There was a law enforcement picnic while we were there with many boats and a helicopter arriving from multiple agencies.
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Created 20 February 2017
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Created 19 October 2016
Visit to the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland
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Created 15 October 2016

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