Author: Mark Haskell
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Florida to South Carolina
Intuition Log – 29 May FL to SC Memorial Day started with a review of our weather data and confirmation of our plan to sail from Fernandina Beach to Charleston. By 0900 we dropped the mooring pennant and headed for the inlet. We raised the main and deployed the staysail while passing the cannons of…
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Intuition back in ICW
The crew of Intuition came into Charleston Harbor around 0930 and is motoring north on the Intracoastal waterway. About 24 hours from Fernandina Beach FL to Charleston. Cut out the winding ways of Georgia. A little tired, but all is well.
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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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Merritt Island to New Smyrna Beach, FL
Haulover Canal Bridge Intuition Log – 26 May 2007 Merritt Island, FL to New Smyrna Beach, FL Leaving Harbortown at 0904 despite the objections of Noah (there were lots of kids in the marina) we were out the barge canal and back in the ICW by 0946. Heard “Stella Maris” calling a bridge and found…
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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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