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 […]
First Year Aboard Sailing Catamaran GIRO – Part THREE! The Bahamas Baby!
This is the final third installment of our three-four-part series of our first year living aboard our catamaran sailboat, Giro.(Come on! The Bahamas deserves its own post.) If you need to catch up, click here for Part I, or here for Part II. April 1 – 9, 2017. The Bahamas, baby! We left the U.S. […]
ONE YEAR – Life Aboard Sailing Catamaran GIRO
So yeah. We just recently celebrated our first year aboard. No big deal. We sold our home and our stuff and left suburbia ONE YEAR AGO and moved aboard GIRO to begin our sailing adventure. What an amazing year. To say that we’ve learned a lot this past year would be an understatement. To be […]
2016 Gulf Crossing – The Journal, Day Six
Wow! This is the last day of our crossing the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida. Feel free to start at the beginning, or wherever you left off: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four, and Day Five. Day Six (Thursday): Our Best Day of Sailing! Michelle: Florida was in sight! Cell phone […]