On Tuesday, just when we thought we’d be spending Thanksgiving sans family we get a call from Captain Claw’s brother Hurricane Charlie. Chuck, a fellow cruiser, would tear himself away from his head refit project aboard LoBo, his Tayana 37′, and drive cross Florida to Vero Beach for the full Thanksgiving treatment with the [...]
No, that’s not a type of tall ship but a 2-day chill scheduled to a arrive in Florida just as we do. We are well acquainted with these tundra-sweeping Canadian weather systems, but they seem out of their element here in Florida. The NOAA weather station terms this a Freeze Event listed under Hazardous Weather….instructions [...]
If there is one spot of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway that we would like to skip it is the shoaling at Jekyll Creek followed immediately by St Andrew’s Sound. The ICW traverses Georgia through a series of rivers emptying into the Atlantic at large sounds sprinkled between glimmering, undeveloped barrier islands. In each instance the [...]
A dismal forecast featuring dense fog, thunderstorms, rain, gusty winds, coastal flooding and multiple upper level disturbances kept everyone tucked in anchorages or marinas today. The one part of that forecast that we did not want to squander was WARM — it’s hard to stay put when the temps are in the 70s! In [...]
At 6 knots on the waterway, you can leave behind the excesses of civilization in just a few hours. We passed by the last of Myrtle Beach’s homes, lining the ICW like monuments to personal consumption, and into the Waccamaw River’s misty cypress swamp. If druids live in North America, we believe they dwell here.
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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.
