*** Click on Month to see details and pictures ***
Map
of Eastern Caribbean to follow us along on our trip (click to enlarge)
June
2003
Norfolk
Hampton
May
2003
Abacos
Charelston
Beaufort, NC
Cape Lookout
April
2003
Exumas
Eleuthera
Abacos
March
2003
St. Thomas
Culebra
San Juan
Turks & Caicos
February
2003
Dominica
Martinique
St. Lucia
Grenadines
- Bequia
- Tobago Cays
- Union Island
Grenada
January
2003
St. Barthelemy (St. Barth)
St. Eustatius (Statia)
St. Christopher (St. Kitts)
Nevis
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
- Deshaies
- Pigeon Island - Cousteau National Park
- Pointe-a-Pitre
Isle des Saintes
December
2002
Taking in the US Virgin Islands
- St. Thomas
- St. John
Back to the British Virgin Islands
- Peter Island
- Virgin Gorda
St. Maarten(Dutch)/St. Martin(French)
St. Barth
November
2002
Passage from Hampton, VA to Tortola - BVIs with the West Marine
Caribbean 1500 Rally
Exploring the British Virgin Islands
- Tortola
- Norman Island
- Peter Island
- Cooper Island
- The Baths, Virgin Gorda
- Great Camanoe
- Jost Van Dyke
October
2002
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis Boat Show
Preparing for the West Marine Caribbean 1500 Rally
September
2002
Exploring New England waters:
- Plymouth, MA
- Provincetown, MA
- Waiting out Gustov in Block Island
- Passage south to the Chesapeake
- Visit from Debbie's Dad
- Max and Roberta Visit
August
2002
Finishing things up at the York River Yacht Haven Marina in VA
Sailing on the outside from the York River in VA, thru NY, ending in
Stamford, CT
Visiting Fred's sister in Stamford, CT
Exploring Long Island Sound:
- Eaton's Neck Basin, NY
- Port Jefferson, NY
- New London, CT
- Avery Point, CT
- Stonington, CT
Exploring New England waters:
- Block Island, RI
- Martha's Vineyard, MA - Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven
May,
June, July 2002
Early Out on the hard in the Chesapeake at the York River Yacht
Haven Marina in VA
Back to the boat and getting projects done before getting underway
again
April
2002
Continuing to explore the Abacos:
- Treasure Cay
- Hope Town - visit from Max & Roberta
- Green Turtle Cay
- Great Sale
Offshore -- Bahamas to the Chesapeake
Early Out on the hard at York River Yacht Haven - Virginia
March
2002
Georgetown, Exumas
Exploring Eleuthera and more of the Far Bahamas:
- Cat Island
- Little San Salvador
- Rock Sound
- Govenors Harbor
- Hatchet Bay
- Royal Island
- Spanish Wells
Exploring the Abacos:
- Little Harbor
- Lynyard Cay
- Man-O-War Cay
- Hope Town
- Marsh Harbor
- Bakers Bay on Great Guana
February
2002
Exploring the Exuma Islands:
- Black Point
- Staniel Cay; Big Majors
- Galliot Cay
- Georgetown
Exploring the Far Bahamas:
- Calabash on Long Island
- Conception
January
2002
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL - hooked up with friends on Significant Other
- Miami Beach, FL -- waiting for a weather window to head over
to the Bahamas
- BAHAMAS - made it!!
- Nassau
Exploring the Exuma Islands:
- Allen's Cay
- Highborne Cay
- Norman's Cay
- Warderick Wells - Exuma Park
- Staniel Cay; Big Majors
- Black Point
December
2001
- Early Out vacationing at the Grand Harbor Marina in Vero Beach
while we return to Cincinnati for the Holiday!!
- Back to the boat -Vero Beach; provisioning for the Bahamas
- New Year's Eve - overnight sail from Vero Beach to Ft. Lauderdale
November
2001
- Charleston, SC - visit with Greg, Carol & Steve
- Overnight - Charleston, SC to Cumberland Island, GA
- Ft. George River, FL
- St. Augustine, FL
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Titusville, FL
- Coco Beach, FL (Tour of Kennedy Space Center)
- Vero Beach, FL
- Back to Cincinnati!!!
October
2001
- Annapolis, MA -- Boat Show -- visit with Carol & Steve
- Gibson Island -- exploring with Max
- Rock Hall, MA
- St. Michaels, MA
- Oxford, MA
- Solomons Island, MA
- Weather getting cold....time to starting the journey South!!!!
* Dymer Creek, VA
* Old Point Comford, VA
* Transiting the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway)
- Beaufort, NC - Back to where it all began!
* Visit from Betty & Nancy
* Beaufort, NC to Wrightsville Beach, NC
- Overnight - Wrightsville Beach, NC to Charleston, SC
September
2001
- Saying Goodbye to Maine
- Tennants Harbor, ME - last of the lobster pots!
- Crossing the Gulf of Maine over to Provincetown, MA (Wild overnight
sail!!)
- Provincetown, MA
- Hadley Harbor, MA
- Nantucket, MA
- Cutty Hunk, MA
- Fisher's Island, NY
- Stamford, CT
- Port Jefferson
- Block Island
- Snow Bird Rally -- Transit offshore from Block Island to Annapolis
- Baltimore to Annapolis
August
2001
- On the hard - Wayfarer Marina in Camden Maine
July
2001
- New England 600 Cruising Rally - Transit from Annapolis, MD to Camden,
ME
- Camden, ME
- Castine, ME
- Mt. Desert Island - Northeast Harbor - Acadia National Park
- Swans Island - Mackerel Cove
- Merchants Island - anchored between Merchants & Harbor Island
- Rockland, ME - North Atlantic Blues Festival
- Camden to meet up with Steve, Luann & Michelle
June
2001
- Back to Annapolis to pickup my sister and her kids....YEA!!!
- Adventure with Diane, Phillip & Annette
- New England 600 Cruising Rally
(Annapolis, Maryland to Camden, Maine)
May
2001
- Docking practice
- Boat leaks fixed...we think...
- Regulator problems
- Summary of thoughts on the whole commissioning process
- Continuing to hope we can head north...when??....soon!
- Cruising up the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)
- Diesel Engine Repair Class - Union, NJ
- Sailing North up the Chesapeake Bay. Anchored at:
* Old Point
Comfort
* Fish Bay
* Cockrell Creek
- off Ingram Bay
* Mill Creek
- off Solomon's Island
* Annapolis,
MD
* Gibson Island,
MD
* Rock Creek,
MD - off the Patapsco River
* Swan Creek,
MD - by Rock Hall
April
2001
- Attended Offshore Passagemaker Seminar in Norfolk, Virginia; hosted
by Steve Black and Hal Sutton
- Trip back to Cincinnati
- Arrived back at the Morehead City Yacht Club in NC
- Hoping to head north...but found boat leaks
March
2001
- Launch Day - putting her in the water and putting the mast on.
- The commissioning continues.....
February
2001
- Commissioning of Early Out in Morehead City, North Carolina