Wayward Sun Sailing

Vessel Name: Wayward Sun
Vessel Make/Model: Tyler 42 Slipper Ketch, built by Tyler Boat Works (UK)
Hailing Port: Pittsburgh PA
Crew: Dave & Margi
About:
We have owned Wayward Sun (WS) since July 2005 and sold everything we owned to set sail for the Bahamas and beyond Oct 1, 2007 from White Rocks, north of Annapolis, MD. [...]
Extra:
When using the Winlink Position Link - enter the callsign KB3OND in the top left ocrner of the map to take you to WS's position reports. Winlink will be the most up-to-date position as we can post that without wifi. However, winlink is the opposite showing most recent in RED, while the blog map [...]
20 April 2019
09 April 2019
03 April 2019
29 March 2019
20 March 2019
17 March 2019
13 March 2019
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24 February 2019
13 February 2019
10 February 2019
05 February 2019
24 January 2019
18 January 2019 | Soldier Cay
Recent Blog Posts
20 April 2019

Heading home

First group of dolphins, these were two little ones from the group.

14 April 2019

Laid back Key West to "Hard" times at Stock Island

WS (on the "Hard") getting some final touches from the Capt'n after finishing the bottom

09 April 2019

The Last Key

Sunset over the Key West mooring field.

03 April 2019

Marathon of Lazy Days

Capt'n with the marina bikes after shopping.

29 March 2019

Back in the USA

Picture above is some of the Marathon fishing fleet tied up in the canal that leads back to Castaways.

26 March 2019

Weather to stay or go (whether...)

Picture is Exuma Land and Sea Park mooriings at Warderick Wells. Horseshoe of deep water surrounded by sand banks on each side, pretty cool spot.

Almost Time

28 December 2018
We are getting the boat ready for departure and if all goes well we should be leaving sometime around the second week of January. Current plans are to anchor in the Manatee River, off Emerson Point, overnight the 1st night. Yes, it is a really far trip, but we think we can make it in at least 10 minutes to the anchorage. The idea behind that is we are currently experiencing the negative winter tides and every morning we are thinking of leaving it is something like a -0.6 to -0.8, which means WS will be on the bottom for a short period of time. Thoughts are to leave from the Manatee anchorage at daybreak and head for the Little Shark River, which is an overnight-er for us. Last year we left from Egmont Key and made it to Port Charlotte just before dark. So far the forecast shows winds that are not good for anchoring off Egmont during the time we are thinking of leaving. Leaving from the Manatee adds on an hour or two, depending on wind and current, which most likely would get us into Port Charlotte long after dark. While the channel is wide and easily doable in the dark, it's long and just not worth the stop at that point, esp. if the current is against you going in (or out for that matter). From the Little Shark (hopefully it is not buggy!) we will head to Marathon and hopefully get a weather window to cross to the Bahamas soon after. Right now forecasts are showing N winds for quite a while after we leave, great for pushing us South into the Keys, not good for crossing into the Bahamas. We will just have to wait and see - could be worse things than sitting in the Florida Keys for a bit in January! Oh, no pictures yet - that's just the little bird that hitched a ride with us for a little bit on last year's trip, just testing this blog stuff out...
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