Category Archives: Underway

Final Approach

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Time: 11:00 local Lat: 32 53.2’N Log: 79 01.5 W Distance from Port Annapolis: 384 NM Distance to Calaboge Sound: 102 NM If the wind holds steady as it is forecast to do, we’ll be arriving at the entrance to … Continue reading →

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Windy and Rough

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Time: 11:30 local Lat: 34 23.9’N Log: 76 18.6 W Distance from Port Annapolis: 274 NM Distance to Calaboge Sound: 265 NM After a slow and difficult night rounding Cape Hatteras, much of it motoring straight into the wind and … Continue reading →

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Smooth Sailing

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Time: 09:30 local Lat: 35 38.6’N Log: 75 05.1 W Distance from Port Annapolis: 210 NM Distance to Calaboge Sound: 356 NM We are threading our way between the ship-eating shoals off Cape Hatteras, and the north-flowing Gulf Stream. Here … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to the Chesapeake!

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Time: 09:20 Local Lat: 37º 18.1′ N Long: 76º 11.4′ W Distance from Port Annapolis: 102 NM Distance from Caliboge Sound, SC: 385 NM All day yesterday we sailed close hauled in 12 to 17 knots of wind, tacking back and … Continue reading →

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Time to go!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Bill Kinney

In the old days before cellphones when a ship was getting ready to leave harbor it needed to recall its crew from shore leave. This was done with a flag signal.  For some reason the signal flag representing the letter … Continue reading →

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Time flies…

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Bill Kinney

While we have been having fun, we have also been rushing to get a large pile of boat projects done before we head south.  A few we need to do (like the final repairs on the jib furler which failed … Continue reading →

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“In the Sand at Low Tide”

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Bill Kinney

The previous owner’s of Harmonie wrote at one point that their plans were “written in sand at low tide.” It is a great thing to remember.  We have found that the more complex and specific the plan, the more likely it … Continue reading →

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Boats and more boats…

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Bill Kinney

Boat thoughts… Monday, the last day of the boat show, is the slowest day. It is actually a pretty short day if you are here to see everything, because many of the vendors are packing up by 2 or 3 … Continue reading →

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We Shopped ’til We Dropped…

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Bill Kinney

For the past five years or so of owning my old boat, boat shows really weren’t that much of an attraction for me.  I had the boat fully outfitted the way I wanted, and I was happy with all the … Continue reading →

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Storm Choices.

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Bill Kinney

This morning’s hurricane forecast is worse for Florida, but better for us.  So much better for us, that it looks like it is going to be a non-event here. Here are the choices that we have as a storm approaches.  We … Continue reading →

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