Alulquoy
| Vessel Name: | Alulquoy |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Hunter 450 |
| Hailing Port: | Stillwater, MN |
| Crew: | Doug, Eric and Ken |
22 November 2011 | Ft. Pierce to Hobe Sound
Anchoring Out - Ft. Pierce to Hobe Sound
Low tide this morning is at 11AM and there is a bridge we need to passage that is within 15 minutes of our departure from Harbortown Marina in Ft Pierce. The bridge is 65' high and our mast is approx 64' high. So, we departed at 9:30 to move very slowly under the bridge.
21 November 2011 | Fort Pierce FL
A Nice Day - Canaveral FL to Fort Pierce FL
We departed Cape Marina at Canaveral FL at 7:30AM and transited the channel inlet to the ocean. We set the sails at 10AM with winds from the ESE at 10-15 MPH.Caribbean music is playing and we are feeling good in 80 degree temps. "Looking good Billy Ray - Feeling good Lewis."...That is a fun quote from [...]
20 November 2011 | Canaveral
U-Turn - Canaveral to Canaveral - Lesson Learned
We thought we would rest and recover from our BAM-BOOM-BANG night sail by sleeping in and taking our time today. The plan was a leisurly motor down the intracoastal and put 30 miles behind us.
20 November 2011
Thank You Readers
We just wanted to say thanks to our readers for your comments. We often don't have time to respond to each email and wanted to let you know we have receieved and appreciate your comments. Also, this site only allows us to post one picture at a time under the free plan. I'm sure there will be photos to [...]
19 November 2011 | Offshore to Cape Canaveral
Roller Coaster, BAM-POUND-BOOM! - Offshore to Cape Canaveral
It is still dark and we are standing watch. As winds become more south than north, it is making our sailing more difficult and driving us inland toward the coast. We have been sailing approx 6 to 10 miles offshore to avoid commercial traffic and maintain our final destination. Ideally, we should be 20-40 [...]
237 Miles in 33 Hours - Offshore to Charleston SC
Our next destination will be either Georgetown or Charleston SC. As we are on a mission to deliver this boat to Florida within a specified timeframe, we have decided to take advantage of this very good weather window and continue motoring past Cape Fear, Frying Pan Shoals and Georgetown to Charleston.
During mid afternoon, the winds shifted to the west which enabled us to sail for a couple hours before they died...another typical sailors day.
Shortly before sunset, a swarm of dolphins detoured their route to swim back and forth across our bow for approx 15 minutes. What a wonderful feeling! One must think that they are attempting to communicate and share some type of bond with us. Plenty of photos and videos to share with friends.
20 minutes later, another smaller group of dolphins shared the same experience. Wow! What a truly remarkable experience.
The channel to Charleston is very long and it took us 2 hours before we were slipped at the city MEGA dock. Our paid skipper, Jim Nixon, once again flawlessly coached our captain to a perfect landing in a very tight quarters. We feel like little fish here among very large high quality yachts. These are yachts that we read about in magazines. To see them person is awesome.
Dinner on the boat and a few libations. Jim remarked that a review of our daily log revealed that we had went 237 miles in in 33 hours. We are ahead of schedule. Knock on wood.
