Illusion pulled into St. Augustine on a beautiful, warm and sunny day. It was so warm in fact (65 degrees) that Brian and I quickly shed a few layers of clothing – I think the average number of articles of clothing I’ve worn this trip has been somewhere in the ballpark of 10! including socks [...]
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Some of you may have noticed from our spot that we popped offshore between Fernandina and Jacksonville. Generally speaking, it only really saves time for us to go offshore for a few days or more at a time, because there is the added distance we have to travel out of the inlet to get offshore [...] The Lowcountry (as we call it in South Carolina) is – in my opinion – one of the most beautiful places in the world. Trying to capture its beauty with a camera is nearly impossible, but here are a few photos that I took along the ICW between Charleston and Savannah. You can compare them [...] So far Cape Lookout has been one of my favorite anchorages. Although exposed to the wind, the lagoon-like anchorage was large and well protected from the ocean swell. It felt as though we were perched on the edge of the world. To our back, a thin strip of dune protected us from breaking waves and [...] After several attempts, Brian woke our sleepy Westerbeke and placed a pot of espresso on the stove. I slid slowly out of bed as the engine roared to life, and the sun cast yellow rays onto the foggy waters of the Pasquotank River. By the time I had climbed into my blue jeans, Brian was [...] After a peaceful day of winding through swamp lands and along the Pasquotank River, we pulled up to the public docks at Elizabeth City, NC. The small southern town is known to cruisers as the “Harbor of Hospitality” and for handing out wine and roses to boaters stopping over for the night. To our dismay, [...] Having taken both routes now, I am all in favor of the Great Dismal Swamp route. It’s beautiful, remote, the locks keepers are friendly (the first keeper even played one of his conchs for us upon request), the history is quite interesting, and Elizabeth City has free public docks. Really, what more could you ask [...] It was a bit of a shock to go from the quiet rivers of northern North Carolina to a jumble of bascule bridges and a lock system in Virginia. Waiting in narrow waterways for bridges to open while avoiding other, larger sailboats that are also waiting, a large tug boat that is waiting [...] Illusion covered the coast of South Carolina in just two full days of offshore sailing, and had conditions been a little more favorable, we could have probably made the trip in less time. In contrast, it took us a couple weeks to cover the coastline of North Carolina on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). Partly [...] |
   
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