Once we left Charleston, we motored 42 miles north on the ICW to anchor in South Santee River. The next morning, we pulled anchor and only had about 15 miles to get to our next destination, Georgetown, SC. We visited Georgetown for the first time last fall as we were headed south and in need …
11 years ago, Randy and I made a decision that would greatly change and impact our lives for the better. We purchased a 1974 Defever Passagemaker trawler and quickly learned that life would never be the same. A wonderful world opened up for us as we lived aboard our boat full time and cruised all …
After leaving the Beaufort (SC) anchorage and passing under the Lady’s Island Bridge, we motored about 18 miles to an anchorage called “Monkey Island,” also known as Morgan Island. The island is uninhabited and home to a breeding colony of approximately 4,000 rhesus monkeys. Apparently, the monkeys were brought here from Puerto Rico in 1979 …
When we left Cumberland Island to head north, we knew we had a cold front coming. We decided to try to make it to Beaufort, SC before it hit us. We did a short run to Jekyll Island and stayed overnight before making a much longer run of 77 miles to the Vernon River where …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure for more info. Once we left the St. Augustine mooring field, we still needed to provision. We’d had a few rainy and windy days prior to leaving which made it difficult to make a last minute grocery run. Once we cleared the Bridge of Lions, we motored a …
After we left Cumberland Island at the end of January, we stopped and anchored in Fernandina Beach for the night. The next morning we cruised 53 nautical miles to the St. Augustine mooring field. We were assigned a ball on the north side of the Bridge of Lions near the fort. While we loved the …
While moored here in the “Ancient City” of St. Augustine, I’ve been on a sewing frenzy. After cruising much of last year, I was nice to slow down and stay put long enough to order supplies and drag out “the Beast” (a.k.a Sailrite sewing machine) to work on some sailboat sewing projects. Below are the …
The last time we visited Cumberland Island, was last summer when we were on our way north to the Chesapeake Bay. Randy and I fell in love with the island, the wildlife, and its remoteness and couldn’t wait to visit again. As we headed south recently from Brunswick, GA, we were able to experience Cumberland …
Back in October, we knew we wanted to put Blue Turtle in a marina while we went south for the holidays to see family. I began calling marinas in the northern Florida area and quickly found out that almost all of them were booked for the December/January time frame. This is mainly because so many …
We left Beaufort, SC and motored on the ICW 43 nm to Herb River, where we anchored for the night. The next morning, Randy pulled the anchor at 7:30am and headed 66 miles south to an anchorage called Fridaycap Creek, near St. Simons Island. It was a very long and cold day with the high …
After leaving Georgetown, SC, we decided to anchor in Five Fathom Creek to put us closer to the inlet for an Atlantic crossing to Charleston the next day. We dropped anchor in what our depth finder and Navionics said was 12 feet of water. An hour or so later, Randy said he thought we were …
We left Beaufort, NC at 7:00am and were treated to an amazing sunrise as we pulled up the anchor. We’d already planned to make the passage from Beaufort to Wrightsville Beach on the Atlantic since conditions were to be perfect. We were expecting 10-15 knots gusting to 20 off shore with calm seas. We got …