Once our friends headed home, it was back to business. We left St. Augustine on Monday, March 25. We had 37 days to get Alaya tucked away safely in the Chesapeake and get our butts to an island in northern Michigan. A big ask but we hoped it was doable. We sped through (at 7 […]
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The very next day we headed north from Titusville. We learned the hard way that St. Patrick’s Day is a major boating holiday in Florida. We originally planned to go all the way to Daytona Beach in one long day but we opted for a spot in New Smyrna Beach, 10 miles south, due to
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Once we arrived in Vero Beach, we prepped the boat for our next visitor, Craig. We, of course, picked the hottest day of the week to reorganize Alaya’s storage areas. Nothing like guests coming to motivate you to clean up your house. Craig joined us later that evening. We started Craig’s indoctrination into cruising the
You know that feeling of dread you experience at the end of a vacation? For the first time in our lives, we didn’t experience that feeling as we made our way home to Alaya from the Bahamas. We were very excited to get back to the boat and to eventually start heading north again. Once
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After we made the tough decision to keep Alaya on the mainland this year, we shared the news with our friends on SV Pokey and SV Victoria. They had crossed the Gulf Stream a few days prior and were getting into the swing of sailing in the Bahamas. While they understood our decision, they were
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They say a sailor’s plans are written in the sand at low tide. Boy, is that true. Over the past month, our plans have changed about a thousand times. I think Lucas and I know what’s going on but when we describe it to other people, we feel like this… So for all of our
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Once Alaya was safely tucked away at the Safe Harbor marina in Stuart, Florida, we headed across the state. Our destination was the Fort Myers area, on Florida’s gulf coast. We planned to stay for a few days with Lucas’ Uncle Joe and Aunt Melissa in their beautiful home. As a bonus, Grandma Nancy and
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Still amped from our space week, we hoisted the anchor and headed south into the ICW again on Friday. Our new mission – reunite with our friends on SV Pokey again! We had two fairly uneventful, yet windy days on the ICW, arriving in Vero Beach on Sunday evening. On our travels south, we heard
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We left the St. Augustine Inlet on Saturday, January 13, heading out into the Atlantic Ocean once again. Our destination was Cape Canaveral, about 100 miles south. Initially, there was enough wind to sail but after a few hours, the wind clocked around directly behind us. We don’t have a good system set-up for downwind
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After a few nights sleeping away from the boat (our first since we left Michigan in September), we were excited to get back to our own bed. Alaya was ready for us to be back too. She was filthy on the outside (some birds had noticed our brief absence and decided Alaya made for a
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