Monthly Archives: November 2016

It’s a standing joke between sailors that each individual boat comes in a variety of sizes.  It is a little known fact that a boat actually changes size depending on the situation. From smallest to the largest: A boat is … Continue reading →

One of the things that have to be true in the world, is you have to take things apart before you can put them together!  Or, as my thermodynamics  professor might have said, entropy has to increase before the system’s … Continue reading →

  There we go!  Harmonie dripping wet!  Out of the water, and waiting to be powerwashed.  By the end of the afternoon the yard crew has already gotten the bottom sanded and the first coat of paint on. They are … Continue reading →

We got in Port Everglades at 10AM (almost right on schedule!) and found a suitable anchorage (26º 07.7’N 80º 06.6’W) while we wait for our haulout time tomorrow morning.  The weather is delightful.  We aren’t in a quiet and secluded place, … Continue reading →

Time: 14:20 local Lat: 27 54.9′ N Log: 80 08.5′ W Distance from Hilton Head Is: 256 NM Distance to Port Everglades Harbor Entrance: 109 NM What happens when you are the most interesting thing around? You get lots of … Continue reading →

Time: 13:30 local Lat: 29 43.3′ N Log: 80 48.3 W Distance from Hilton Head Is: 145 NM Distance to Port Everglades Harbor Entrance: 229 NM It’s not unusual when sailing offshore to have land birds perch on the boat. … Continue reading →

Time: 14:15 local Lat: 31 50.6′ N Log: 80 45.8 W Distance from Hilton Head Is: 18.1 NM Distance to Port Everglades Harbor Entrance: 346 NM We are back at sea again, headed south away from winter as fast as … Continue reading →

We were scheduled to depart for Florida this morning, the weather was crappy, so we stayed put.  Anchored here off of Harbortown on Hilton Head Island.  Right now it is cold, and windy and gray.  All good reasons we really … Continue reading →

For this week we have been anchored here near Hilton Head Island visiting while family vacations nearby.  Nothing exciting, just simple fun. We are finalizing arrangements to get Harmonie hauled out in Fort Lauderdale for bottom paint and our last major … Continue reading →