Sailing South on Solitude

There are three types of luxurious stays we can choose from when on Solitude. The most luxurious is a marina: easy access to land, electricity, water, showers, wifi and hopefully stores and restaurants close by. Town docks like this offer easy access to land,...

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We had calculated that it would take us 3.5 hours to get from Douglas Landing to the lock on the south end of the canal called South Mills Lock so we would make an early start...

We thought we would head south a different way than when we came north. There is a route that takes you to Coinjock which people rave about. However, when we were planning yesterday it emerged that it would take three days and we might have to wait out some...

We set off this morning right on schedule at 8am. The wind was due to be around ten knots and in a good direction so we looked forward to a good sail to Hampton- 43 miles away. We left Stingray at high tide so we felt much more confident navigating the shallow...

Stingray point in Deltaville is only 30 miles away so we estimated it would take around 5 hours. Therefore we had a lazy morning and set off at 10:50. I was at the helm initially as is standard because I don't have the strength to pull the anchor up. We left...

We snuck out of Zahnisers at 8:35 eager to make sure we could escape this time. I took the helm in a rush of unexpected confidence. There was little tide or wind and I thought it was a good opportunity for me to practice leaving a dock. Now I will go ahead and...