Category Archives: Underway

Back in the water again.  All the underwater work is now for sure done, since the boat has been launched.  All the major things are working just fine. Everything left to do is not critical for our departure, but would … Continue reading →

The wiring of the solar panels is done, and they are making power!  Happy day!  The controller from Victron is a small blue box with just a light or two one the front, but it talks to a program that … Continue reading →

More and more projects get checked off the list.  The big one for the last few days is the installation of the arch that will support our new solar panels.  That was completed yesterday.  Today’s work was to fabricate the … Continue reading →

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 →