We finally made a multi-day passage without being chased in by a cold front. Of course this was the second half of another offshore passage that was interrupted by a cold front, but we can live with a Fernandina, FL to Beaufort, NC passage rather than a Miami to Beaufort passage. Unfortunately our 57 hours [...]
On the same hop from Miami Beach to Fernandina Beach we experienced an event that will make me wonder the rest of my life. We had already decided to head into Fernandina to avoid the next day’s storms and had chugged our way west out of the Gulf Stream but were still 30 - 40 [...]
Capt Claw finally isolated the source of our cooling system leak in the heat exchanger and we ordered a new one into Miami Beach. The diagnosis took many days but luckily the repair itself was quick and relatively painless. As we completed the repairs we noticed that the weather was setting up for an outside [...]
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All winter we’ve wasted away in Key West waiting for the fronts to quit rolling through so we could sail to someplace new. Finally, the Jet Stream moved back north where it belongs taking the parade of storm fronts with it and leaving a [...]
Feeling we’d toted that 68 pound telescoping whisker pole around as dead weight long enough, we finally got some gumption, rigged it, and set the jib to windward today as we headed dead downwind toward the Dry Tortugas. This allowed us to sail “wing and wing” enjoying the speed advantage of full canvas, usually not [...]
We are Greg Snyder and Gail Klosterman, originally hailing from Minnesota, currently cruising full-time aboard our Tartan 40' sailboat -- Yoohoo. Join us as we explore a slower pace of life, lingering in the cockpit with late coffee and early cocktails, watching the world float by on the tides. Long-time freshwater sailors, we'll describe our adventures and foibles as we attempt to grow bluewater sea-legs.
