Adventures aboard Soul Purpose

03 April 2013 | Mouchoir Bank (Atlantic Ocean) and South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands
28 March 2013 | Sapodilla Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
27 March 2013 | Georgetown, Great Exuma
03 March 2013 | Rudder Cut Cay, Exumas
22 February 2013 | Allans Cay to Staniel Cay, Exumas
15 February 2013 | Paradise Island - Atlantis Resort
14 February 2013 | Nassau, Bahamas
06 February 2013 | Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera
02 February 2013 | Pineapple Cays, Eleuthera
19 January 2013 | Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas
08 November 2012
29 May 2012 | Dickies Cay to John Cash Point (near Marsh Harbor)
28 May 2012 | Fisher’s Bay to Cistern to Man-O-War Cay / Dickies Cay (back and forth across the Sea of Abaco)
27 May 2012 | Green Turtle Cay to Fishers Bay, Great Guana Cay
23 May 2012 | Crab Cay to Bluff House Marina, Green Turtle Cay
22 May 2012 | Crab Cay, Little Abaco Island to Crab Cay off Manjack Cay
21 May 2012 | Great Sale Cay to Green Turtle Cay, umm, nope, how about Crab Cay on Little Abaco Island instead?
19 May 2012 | Lake Worth, FL to West End (Settlement Point), Grand Bahama Island
18 May 2012 | Stuart, FL to Lake Worth (West Palm Beach), FL

Day 6 (Morning): Ground beneath us

26 October 2011 | Norfolk, VA
Warm, finally! 68 degrees, sunny with a light breeze
So after spending two days and two nights on board, we decided it was a good idea to feel the ground beneath our feet. We slept in 'till 10 AM after landing in Norfolk at 3 AM - we needed the sleep... So after waking up we jumped onto the dock and headed to see the Marina office, a little hut at the end of the pier. We were directed to a local book store so we could buy an ICW specific guide, but unfortunately they only had the guide we already had aboard...guess that will have to do. So we meandered around the streets of the city and found a Starbucks for breakfast. The coolest part about Norfolk is that it is right on the water. There is a navy stronghold in Norfolk and barges, dredgers and shipping carriers all around. We strolled past the Navy Museam and parked ourselves on a bench in the park overlooking the waterway. It is a dramatically different site to see the huges industrial cranes, naval ships and barges moving about like 20' motor boats do at home in our harbors.

We knew we had to keep moving, so we made it back to the marina for a 2 PM departure into the ICW. Norfolk is the location of Mile Marker Zero of the ICW; our brief stroll on land was a nice change of pace, but it was time to traverse through the big robotic city and change scenery to the swampy river/canal of the ICW.
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Vessel Name: Soul Purpose
Vessel Make/Model: Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi 40
Hailing Port: Portsmouth, RI
Crew: Derek & Rachel
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Soul Purpose is a Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi 40 catamaran. She is 40' in length with a 21'6" beam and was manufactured in France. [...]
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Port: Portsmouth, RI

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