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When I first went to Beaufort I remember a few guys jamming on the dock and they had played with Eric Clapton and Gary Moore. It was truly amazing. I was looking forward to something similar when I heard there was live music. I won’t say where it was but it was truly woeful music.Continue reading “May 16. A Scotsman walked into the bar with a ziplock and a hamburger.”

We anchored by Dewes creek on our first stop on the ICW. A beautiful wooded anchorage but it was still very cold and wet. It seems the weather isn’t suitable for a sea passage at least until Saturday so the best bet is to motor up the ICW. Although it was cold (no such thingContinue reading “May 14 anchoring just before Beaufort (NC) and of course tow boat”

After a very healthy breakfast of donuts and croissants provided by the Elnitskys’ we set sail on Sunday morning. As you can see we intend to continue along the theme of healthy eating. We decided go to St Augustine via the ICW as the weather was inclement and we would have been beating all theContinue reading “New Smyrna to Charleston”

We will be setting sail for Maine on Sunday morning from New Symrna Yacht Club (Best little club in USA). We will be sailing Mat’s boat Laura 2 with Mat and John. Photos and stories to follow. I don’t have any of John but just as a snippet of Mat, We were sailing down toContinue reading “Getting ready to set sail for Maine.”

So many people were anxious when we left to go on the occasional overnight three to four day sail but we never anticipated the worst injury would be on our very own dock. Now to be fair to Pat, I must explain that there is often a steep step whether up or down from theContinue reading “Pat’s trip to the Hospital”

We started out our two week trip intending to head South possibly to Key Largo but we wouldn’t lose any sleep if we didn’t get there. Well, Spoiler alert here. We got as far south as Titusville bridge and for those of you who aren’t Floridians that is about 40 miles south. But as myContinue reading “The Launch that never was, March of the Manatees Tommy the turtle and I don’t know what those dolphins are up to !”

Last week Pat exclaimed that we seem to have replaced everything in the boat but he hadn’t thought of the engine! And yup we have to replace it now. Hopefully that will be done before end of March and we can get out and try a few more drills. Having said that, the last timeContinue reading “Preparation. Less than 2 months off.”

After Petra we headed out to a jeep ride through the desert.  I was not to keen on this initially, as I had been on one of these in Dubai and it was a ride sliding up and down the dunes full of thrills and spills!  Frankly I felt car sick throughout it and oneContinue reading “Wadi Rum, Orien’s Sword and of course Lawerence”

So sad to hear today that there have been more flash floods in Petra. This blog was written just after we visited. I was sitting in the Hotel at breakfast remembering in Ireland where they so charmingly sit you at the table and ask you what hot meal you would like and sometime have troubleContinue reading “Petra (Five days before the flash floods)”