Author: justplanesailing

“A sailor’s plans are written in sand at low tide”. That could not have been more true for our trip south. We could see a good weather window coming up to go around Hatteras and we had some friends on another Amel heading for that same weather window. Annapolis to the entrance of the Chesapeake…

We didn’t actually intend to but we are sure glad we did! Our goals on our trip south have been ever evolving. Plan number 1 was to sail from Newport,RI to the Eastern Caribbean (possibly via Bermuda). When we are taking bigger trips or are unsure about a certain passage we call up our favourite…

North of NYC up to Buzzards Bay includes several sounds, Long Island sound being the largest. We had a lovely few months cruising around the protected waters and anchoring in scenic coves. A little late on the update here so here’s a tale of the sounds mostly by pictures: In Pages Cove, CT we found…

A bit out of chronological order on the posts so I’ll have to backtrack but I’m sitting here on a Tuesday afternoon after the storm hit on Sunday night/Monday morning and it’s still gusting around 27 kts so it’s very much on my mind. It’s always a bit disconcerting being on a heel in an…

Apparently the Long Island Sound was the place to get visitors! Who knew? Port Washington was a really cool place to spend a week. Plus they had launch service and free pump out boat to the Anchorage so bonus! Matt, who ran the launch service told us lots of cool stuff about the area, including…

But first…New Jersey! We celebrated our anniversary with perfect sailing conditions over to Keyport, NJ, where we anchored at the edge of a well protected Mooring field to get some good quality rest for a few days. It was a nice town with a waterfront park for picnicking and walking the dog!We were low on…

Or maybe not… The waves had died down significantly since Hurricane Erin passed through but they were still going to be on our nose. One of our least favourite activities is beating into waves with the wind on our nose but we must’ve forgotten that and become convinced by the smaller waves that this was…

Beaufort was a treat as always. Before and after our Marina stop we anchored right across from the town so we could easily dinghy in to walk the dog and go get dinner. The anchorage is tight but decent holding and is a well enforced no wake zone. At least one of the boats we…

UPDATE: Erin passed through and all is fine with us and Avion. We were supposed to be well north of Hatteras by now but we left a bit late and since then it has been one thing after another! We have been working our way slowly up north in between fronts and work trips and…

The trip over to the Abaco Islands was calm and uneventful. We left with the intention to round the bottom peninsula of South Abaco before the waves built up too much, but that also meant we were arriving at the shallow entrance to the Sea of Abaco a little too early with respect to tides.…