We were ready to head out to explore another island, and left Marsh Harbour in the morning on November 11, with a high-enough tide to not have any issues with…
At 0830 on the 9th, we left Powell Cay to head through the Sea of Abaco to Marsh Harbour. Little rain showers were hitting us off and on, and a…
With Oestara happily tied up at the dock at Carolina YC on Saturday afternoon, we had Sunday to enjoy some of the fun Charleston had to offer. Though this wasn’t…
On Wednesday the 25th, we left the dock at Willoughby and made a quick trip across to Hampton, where we stopped at the fuel and pumpout docks at Safe Harbor…
We scheduled a quick haul out at a yard in Norfolk for Monday the 23rd, to take a look at our rudder and have the bottom of the boat power…
Late that night in the Onancock anchorage, we got to see a tugboat pass by us to pick up a barge that was docked nearby. We had seen the barge…
We hadn’t had a chance to get to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake yet on this trip, and we were determined to make it over there for at least…
We bid Annapolis farewell on Friday the 13th and pointed the bow south toward a favorite stop of ours on the Chesapeake: Solomons Island. It was a lovely day, and…
While we were in Annapolis, we met a number of other cruisers who were in the mooring field along with us, or in the anchorages or marinas near by. Tons…
Patrick and Cecelia spent a few days on Oestara in Annapolis together at the beginning of October without Melissa. Substitute Teacher Daddy worked out pretty well! They did a neat…