Category Archives: Underway

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →