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 [...]
Pea Soup - Continue Motoring Intracoastal
We awoke to fog which later became dense fog and we proceeded to depart slowly at 10:15 AM. We motored in dense fog on the intracoastal for several hours between Beaufort SC and Hilton Head GA. The fog was so thick that visibility was less than 50 yards. We could not see bridges, boats or the shore and the radar was kerplunk.
So we carefully navigated with 8 watchful eyes without incident. When the fog disappeared we resumed our normal speed of approx 7 knots, and the radar became operable....ahhh, a sailors life and his name is Murphy.
The Intracoastal between SC and GA snakes around continuously and is mostly wide open country with the exception of Hilton Head Island where multimillion dollar homes and gated properties prevail. Then the entrance to Savannah is very industrial with several shipping operations.
We arrived Savannah safely at 5PM and are slipped at the River Street Market Docks. Our paid skipper departs tomorrow and he was very good. We would recommend him. He is confident that we will be fine but has taken out a life insurance policy on us. So, we are on our own now and if you don't hear from us you will know why.
The weather today was a combination of cool and hot. At times we needed long pants and fleece. Other times we needed just shorts and a tee shirt. This certainly reminded me of a day on Lake Superior, especially with the fog.
There is a low pressure system moving in tomorrow so we will probably motor the intracoastal again, then re-evaluate on Thursday. I know all of us would like to get out in the ocean again but safety comes first.
It's time for our daily rum ration. Signing off.
