On Monday, April 15th, we departed from Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas, bound for Norfolk, VA. Our friends, the wonderful Jerda and Jeremy, had flown into Marsh Harbour a few days prior to join us for what was anticipated to be a four to five day passage. In terms of distance, this journey promised to be our most extensive yet. Utilizing the Gulf Stream for efficiency, we charted a course from the Bahamas to Virginia. Exiting the Abacos just north of Manjack Cay, we set our sights northwestward once we cleared the outer reef. It took approximately 24 hours for us to reach the Gulf Stream. Tuesday and Wednesday blessed us with near-perfect conditions. We enjoyed winds ranging from 6 to 15 knots, favorably positioned just behind the beam, while a 3-5 knot current propelled us northward. During these two days, our average speed surged to an impressive 10…
“Beware the Ides of March.” – Shakespeare, Julius Caesar March 15, 2023 at 4:52AM Fizzgig was struck by lightning. Fizzgig is a Lagoon 450F with a 75’ air…
We left Maine at the end of August after picking up our daughter from the Portland, ME airport. (pro tip: there is not a convenient anchorage in Portland…
We are in Maine and it has been worth the wait. As my daughter once exclaimed upon rolling down the windows on our way to Redmond from the…
Warning, following these instructions may cause injury or damage or cause a black hole to suck everything we know into oblivion. Ingredients list:1. Wireless winch remote controller.2. A…
Black water tanks, poo-tanks, crude tanks or ick tanks. Keeping track of how full they are is not a fun task.On this and our last catamaran the tanks…
Winter is getting ready to wind to a close and I have been thinking about moving north this summer. I don’t really want to spend another hurricane season in our current location. Summers in North Carolina are hot and muggy with the occasional lightning storm, hurricane, tornado, or my favorite, the hurricane with tornadoes and lightning.
This is a recipe for a water circulator to turn on a water valve that directs not-yet-hot-water back into your freshwater tank while your pipes are heating up.…
Our Lavezzi had teardrop shaped windows in all of the cabins. We liked looking out these small teardrops to see what was beside us at anchorage or just…