Our boat Afterglow rocks, really rocks, not only from the wind and waves from passing wakes of dinghies and boats all around us, but from...

Two nurse sharks greeted us as we moored on the “horseshoe-shaped” lagoon at Warderick Wells Cay in the Exuma Park. Norma got so excited...

Shroud Cay turned out to be a fabulous time, thanks to a tip from Bob G, the diver of SV Infinity.  First of all, we got one of the last...

After a magnificent sail from Nassau, at times exceeding 7.5 knots, we arrived at Allan's Cay, our first stop in the Exuma Island Chain....

Allen and I honeymooned in Nassau, actually Paradise Island, 36 years ago, and this was a very different place from then (and we were...

Someone once defined cruising as “doing repairs in exotic places.”  Well, while not exactly a repair, our buddy boat Bonita suffered an...

One of the greatest aspects of sailing in the Bahamas is making friends with other boaters. Some connections last minutes, and others...

We have spent 4 nights in Bimini, and even though the weather has been wonderful, atrocious, rainy, gusty, raucous windy, overcast,...

After lots of communication with our new friends on Dolce, the Seawind 38 catamaran, we felt prepared and with a good weather window for...

Allen and I have been busy with friends and preparing the boat for our crossing the Gulf Stream to Bimini in the Bahamas. There’s been a...

One of our goals for this ICW trip was to visit with Allen’s first cousin on his dad’s side of the family, Richard Sorian. Richard drove...

Allen and I visited the Manatee Education Center in Fort Pierce, FL, yesterday and learned a great deal about this endangered species of...

Allen and I are anchored just outside the Ft. Pierce South bridge.  I finished tidying up the boat down below and Allen is touching up...

One of the highlights of this trip is visiting my Aunt Natalee and her husband Randy. We had not seen her in 20 years, and she looked the...

As Norma and I travel down the east coast, we are inspired and educated by the efforts many places go to to tell their true story. ...

St. Augustine has some of the most beautiful architecture for a small city, all because of multi-billionaire Henry Flagler. Flagler...

Losing the Propeller: The biggest issue was losing the propeller just as we were setting the anchor right near the Cumberland Island...

From the St. Johns River, we turned North along the ICW to visit Fernandina Beach, a town we were told was "quite walkable" (it is). We...

Only some great pictures of Mayport, Florida’s wonderful pelicans but no pictures out at sea outside Georgia because we were busy 24...

South Carolina is called "The Palmetto State." Palmetto trees line both sides of the ICW, something tropical that we did not see in...