We got down to Oriental, NC with no major problems. Once in the Pamlico Sound, we had some good size waves. They were coming from the North, so we were surfing down them. At some points we were hitting 7 knots. One wave caught us on the side, and put our rail in the water, [...]
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We are in North Carolina
Well we made it through the whole Chesapeake, Virginia and now we are in North Carolina. The weather is not very different in North Carolina, versus Philly. It gets pretty cold here. We definitely are wishing we could have left about a month earlier. So we had a lot of excitement since I last wrote. [...]
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We went from Annapolis to Herrington Harbor South Marina. We sailed the whole way with just the jib up, we averaged around 5.5 knots. This marina is probably the nicest one we have gone too. It is very well maintained. We only stayed the one night, and left for the Solomons early the next morning. [...]
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We finally left and are on our way south! We left last week from Bayway Marina near Cape May, and currently are in Annapolis, MD. The first day was really tough. We ended up working until 2 AM the night before, trying to get everything stowed away on the boat. Then we woke up at [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Still Alive, and going South instead of East
Well, we never left for Europe, we never went North, we just were not ready, and other stuff got in the way. But we are definately heading South by the end of the month. The boat is almost ready to go, and even if it is not ready, we are going to throw everything on [...]
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The boat is going in on Monday, much later then I would have guessed, but at least it will be in very soon. I have been sick with a sore throat for about a week, and I am finally better. I still managed to climb up and down the mast about several times though, to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Big Change in Plans
I have been away for a while. I went to Syria and Lebanon for two and half weeks. I will do a whole other post about that trip, with pictures. Our plans have changed. We aren’t crossing the ocean this year. We could still make it, if I work furiously to finish and get everything [...]
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I have been trying my hardest to get things done, but it seems like everything takes forever, or you need a certain tool, which means an hour or more wasted driving to Lowes to get it, or it rains. Here is what I got done so far: Cleaned and waxed the sides Repainted the boot [...]
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Written last Thursday, but the internet has not been working at the library. I have been really busy. Nadia and I had to move out of our place before she left for Syria. So we have been moving out since Saturday. We should have just rented a truck, but instead we made many trips with [...]
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