We have been on radio silence on our blog not because we are hiding, but because we have been busy with less than exciting things.

Tied to the marina in Brunswick Georgia, we have had one or two projects on Harmonie, but most of the time here has been spent on OPB. (Other People’s Boats). We have helped install new engine mounts in one boat, and designed and helped replaced almost all of the AC electrical system in another boat. Plus a long list of miscellaneous projects. All that work has help put a little cash back into the cruising kitty, so now it is time to go cruising again!

On board Harmonie, we did a major rebuild of our bow thruster electrical and mechanical operation. With this modification, we should be ready to be thrusting our bow from side to side for another 25 years! You can read all about it in gory deatil here: Rebuilding the Amel Bow Thruster

Shrtly after we leave the marina on Thursday morning, we’ll be passing under a beautiful local landmark, the Sydney Lanier Bridge on US Highway 17 . We’ll be making our way north toward Charleston, SC. A relatively quick 24 hour passage if taken straight through, we’ll be making a bit of a detour it the weather allows. We’ll be headed for deeper water about 60 miles offshore hunting for tilefish, grouper and tuna.

The detour will probably add about 24 hours to our trip, and hopefully some protein to our freezer.

Once we get to Charleston, we hope to spend a little time there exploring a beautiful and vibrant city we have always enjoyed, and somehow never got to spend as much time there as it seemed to deserve.

Once done in Charleston, we will most likely be jumping much further north, probably to some place in southern New England. Newport? Block Island? Descisions…