Author: Mark Haskell

Thursday morning we meandered down the intracoastal, moving from isolated salt marshes into vacation home areas and finally, into the bay guarded by Fort Sumpter and on to Charleston proper. It was exciting to see the historic battery waterfront from the ocean side. We’re at the City Marina through Halloween and finding all kinds of…

Wednesday morning started out a might bit chilly at 39 degrees. We took our time getting started and put away some hot water in the thermos. Joe from s/v Sunshine helped us cast off. I was in a hurry to grab something from below and slipped on the companionway ladder giving my tail bone a…

What happened to no socks, bathing suits and a relaxing year of sailing?  It was COLD this morning with frost making for slippery decks and it is supposed to continue. You can see Beth is relaxing in her latest beachwear. Opted to leave the protection of Coquina Yacht Club and head down the ICW. The…

The Kasberg family treated us royally on Sunday in Wrightsville Beach. Matthew and Keith came out for a dinghy ride and boat visit and invited us to their home to visit with Liz and Grace. Their hospitality left us with clean laundry, full bellies and new friends for Noah. This morning we pulled anchor and…

Pulling the anchor at Mile Hammock Bay was a bit of a challenge as we aren’t yet used to pulling the combination rode and chain of our spare anchor set-up. After about 45 minutes we had it figured out and were moving South with the other snowbirds. This stretch of the ICW has three bridges,…

We finally broke away from the dock and headed back into the ICW on Thursday. We chugged down Adams Creek to Morehead City and turned right, instead of left, after clearing the bridges. This marked the entrance into new cruising grounds for us, as we have never been South on the ICW between NC and…