Southport, NC to Hilton Head, SC
We stayed at Bald Head Island marina 3 nights before leaving the Carolinas for Florida around noon on March 22. We had another fairly slim weather window for this trip that we wanted to take advantage of. However, once we were clear of Southport it was immediately apparent that the sea state wasn’t going to […]
Hampton, VA to Southport, NC
For our Hampton to Southport leg, we left Hampton on March 17 and pointed our bows to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much wind. So we ended up motoring most of the way. We had a tight weather window to get around Cape Hatteras. Our departure from Hampton was timed to correspond […]
Leaving Virginia!
We left our slip in Hampton, Virginia after what seemed like forever. We were in Virginia from July 2017 to March 2018. We needed to be there for hurricane reasons. After buying our new-to-us Lagoon 420 in June 2017, we quickly left Fort Lauderdale to head north to Hampton, VA. Before leaving Florida, I contacted […]
Crossing the Gulf of Mexico – Part Three
Our final episode of the 2015 Gulf Crossing Trilogy. Warning, this post is more image intensive than the prior two. A picture is worth a thousand words right? Well, if that’s the case then this post should read like War and Peace. Just kidding, I’m not that eloquent, nor do I have the patience to […]
Crossing the Gulf of Mexico – Part Two
HOLY CRAP! Our last post was November when I wrote about part one of the crossing! We really need to do a better job of getting these posts out. I hope everyone had a Happy Holidays. Now that we’re back we’ll pick up where we left off. In our last episode we left Fort Lauderdale, […]