Month: May 2007
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New Smyrna Beach to Fernandina Beach
Intuition Log – 26 May New Smyrna Beach to Fernandina Beach Saturday morning we met the folks on the boat next to us. They had turned their boat in the slip overnight so that the bow would be into the current and we were sleeping so soundly we never heard it. Turns out that Jim…
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Cape Canaveral
Port Canaveral was an easy place to check-in with customs and immigration, but Port Cove marina was a little on the expensive side at $80 per night. We were on a floating dock that was exposed to the waves coming through the inlet driven by 25 knot winds. Spray was coming over the bow of…
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Crossing to Florida
Intuition Log – 21 May Great Sale, Bahamas to Cape Canaveral, Florida The morning weather forecast called for unsettled weather for the next 1-3 weeks. After carefully considering the weather options, we decided that it was time to give up on a window for getting all the way to North Carolina in one hop. That…
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Intuition back in the USA
We arrived in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 0936. Covered 150 nm from Great Sale Cay, Bahamas in almost exactly 24 hours. We’re all well and tired. Need to clean the flying fish off the deck and go check in with customs and immigration. Mark
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Intuition at Sea
Left Great Sale at 0926 this morning headed home to the USA. We’ve had a good run so far. We passed Matanilla Shoal at 1740 and watched the water depth drop from 30 feet off our scale as we left the Little Bahama Banks. We were in the company of Grateful Attitudes and Our Turn…
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