The End of a Chapter – Summer 2024
We had been discussing selling Cerca Trova and moving back to land for about six months. I was getting tired of constantly repairing the boat and Lynette’s knees were continuing to bother her more and more. After the long winter trying to get to the Bahamas hampered by either boat repairs or weather issues, we…
The Abacos – Spring 2024
With everything working on Cerca Trova and a good weather window we left West Palm Beach on the evening of Sunday, April 21st, and crossed to West End, Grand Bahama Island. We left at 7:40 pm for the overnight passage of 60nm and arrived 13 hours later at 8:40 am, tired but ready to clear…
Trying to get to the Bahamas – Late Winter 2024
My daughter and her husband had just left to fly back to Portland, OR, after a week of sailing and exploring the upper Keys in Florida at the end of January 2024. We were charging batteries and making water the next day, waiting for a weather window to take us to the Bahamas when the…
Heading South – Winter 2023/24
We left New Bern on November 2, 2023, with Savannah, GA as our next destination. Savannah wasn’t our original plan though. We had planned to stop at Lady’s Island Marina, where we had stayed on our way north, but they didn’t have any space for us in late November. After much research, I was able…
New Bern, NC – Summer/Fall 2023
New Bern, NC is a great little town with a very nice marina right downtown within easy walking distance of many shops and restaurants. On Saturdays, there is a small farmers market that mostly has crafts, but there are some stalls with fruits and vegetables. We planned to spend about a month doing repairs and…
Beaufort, SC to New Bern, NC – Summer 2023
Lady’s Island Marina in Beaufort, SC is where Cerca Trova summered before our ownership, and the previous owners had a reservation for 2023 that we took over. We decided to stay at Lady’s Island Marina for a month to do some repairs and settle in for a bit. It was nice to have a little…
St Petersburg, FL to Beaufort, SC – Summer 2023
We’ve been in St Petersburg for a week now and are planning the process of readying No Regrets for sale and finalizing the purchase of our new-to-us catamaran. We have rented an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) from a couple. It is above their garage and fully furnished as we do not have any furniture. Living…
End of the journey for No Regrets – Spring 2023
It’s with sadness that we have decided to part ways with our 1980 Fast Passage 39, No Regrets. We are in no way ready to end our cruising journey, and because of this, we decided we needed a bit more comfort and room to continue this lifestyle. Since we don’t have a land-based residence anymore,…
Florida – Winter 2022/23
In our last post, we were leaving Brown’s Marina on Bimini starting our crossing of the Gulf Stream to Florida. I had been watching the weather via PredictWind and saw that the evening of December 15, 2022, looked promising for a smooth crossing. The wind would be light and blowing north, and the passage to…
Port Antonio, Jamaica to Bimini, Bahamas – Late Fall 2022
So much of cruising is about weather watching. The more you watch the weather, the more in tune with it you become. Perfect predictions are rare. Here we were, at Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio, Jamaica, wanting to get to the Bahamas via the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. I was watching the…
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