Day 1 begins
11 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Day 1. And we’re off
Picnic Island
11 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
At anchor at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River after logging 35.8 miles. Animals are settling into boat life nicely. Tomorrow we head east.
Secchi at Picnic Island .8m
Total depth 1.3m
A new day
12 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
The start to day 2. And we’re off again.
Lock & Looper 1
12 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Met our first looper and it just happens to be another CDory while going thru the Franklin Lock. Sea Nile began their loop on the Illinois River.
Labelle City Docks
12 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
We had a nice cruise today logging almost 50 miles. We’re tied up for the evening at the Labelle City Docks. Right next to a busy bridge but with the air running it’s not bad. We’re also tooMeer informatie
Lake O
13 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
After two days off, today was back to work and I had a busy day! Stopped in Lake O to take today’s secchi reading which was .4m (pretty stirred up!) in 3.4m total depth. Scientist doing scienceMeer informatie
Okeechobee
14 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
We just departed from a nice visit with Ken and Sharon in Okeechobee, and Jim who was also visiting from MN. They are great hosts. With Molly Brown on the dock and dueling Dory’s Sea Angel (Ken &Meer informatie
The adventures of Luna
14 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Little Missy had quite the day. James forgot to close the helm window at the St. Lucie lock and she made a run for it. Water level was high making for an easy getaway to land at the top of the wall.Meer informatie
Officially Headed North
15 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Today we all woke up feeling refreshed. Usually takes us a few days to get in the groove and I think we’re made it! We are also officially headed north. Winds are 17 gusting to 24 out of the SE soMeer informatie
Spoil Island IR36
15 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
After a couple false attempts to anchor for the night we hit the jackpot with our final destination. spoil island IR36. Course we had to wait out the drunks playing some kind of drinking game on theMeer informatie
Honest John’s Fish Camp
16 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Had an easy cruise day making our way to Honest John’s Fish Camp where we are visiting with Jonathan and Rosa and staying on their dock. They have a young lab so Moki got some good running in. I wasMeer informatie
South Dredge Island
17 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Long day 73 miles. This was after we tried to access a trail on Merritt Island but it was too shallow and we had to push. Stopped at the boat ramp going thru Haulover Canal and witnessed manateesMeer informatie
Zero mile day
18 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Today and tomorrow are down days. It’s blowing pretty good so we got a good test of our new anchor and 8 plait anchor chain splice. Today was also the last warm (relative) day for a while so when IMeer informatie
New artificial reef
19 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 57 °F
Well this morning on one cup of coffee I paddled Moki to shore. Took some pictures and paddled back. Somewhere between shore and the boat now lies my phone. New one ordered. So your picture tonight isMeer informatie
Marineland
20 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
We had a long travel day and I had a busy work day so it went by fast for me. I’m sure slower for the captain. We’re now anchored in a cove off the ICW just south of Marineland. It’s prettyMeer informatie
St. Augustine
22 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
We’re tied up at the municipal marina till Saturday. My new phone arrived and I’m sort of set up. Forgot my iCloud password and am locked out 😡. But I can make calls and take pictures. OfMeer informatie
St. Augustine day 2
22 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Got a nice stroll around St Augustine. First walk with Moki we got poured on but had a good time. James came out for round 2 and then of course because there’s a dog onboard there was a round 3. StMeer informatie
Dutton Island Preserve
24 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌬 64 °F
We are now at anchor till Monday off Dutton Island Preserve a small park with a kayak launch, fishing piers, a nature trail and eight very nice tent campsites. Winds today (Sunday) are north 20-30Meer informatie
St. Marys
25 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Welcome to the Peach State! It was a rough day. The wind did not shift directions as predicted. We were on target to make it to Cumberland Island by 2pm but It was a busy work day and with water goingMeer informatie
Cumberland Island
26 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Left St Marys early and headed over to Cumberland Island. Winds and waves are way down and it’s actually a really nice day. Moki and I did quite the hike while James and Luna entertained parkMeer informatie
Crooked Creek State Park
26 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Anchored off the state park tonight. There’s some trails here but when we came in a dredge crew was staging for ICW dredge just north of here and had the dock mostly tied up so we only did a touchMeer informatie
Jekyll Island
27 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Got some stormy weather on our way to Jekyll Island but it stopped as we were docking and turned into a nice day. Moki and I did some early recon and then James and I took some bikes out for a spin toMeer informatie
Darien
29 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Ok so this is a really quaint city with a lot of history. I was attracted by the shrimp boats so we planned to stay on the downtown docks for a day or two. But apparently the city lost their permitMeer informatie
Darien part 2
30 maart 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This morning we went back to the city docks and Moki and I walked to the Fort King George State Historic Site. Very cool and dog friendly. After I rode the bike to a grocery store about a mile awayMeer informatie






















































































































































































Reiziger🤣 that’s his onshore wind stretch. He didn’t miss the boat 🚤
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No…, The couple’s names are Tom and Lisa. You may run into them as you LOOP. Dan and Peggy on Lake Effect are traveling with us. [Joyce Schulke]