Follow me, Miss B, our two cats (Dora and Boog, aka. The Misfit Crew) on our crazy epic adventures aboard the SV Haven, a 38' Kadey-Krogen.
Well, kids, we are back underway. Fort Pierce was supposed to be the launch to the Bahamas. The weather and offshore seas decided this wasn't the year. Well, so did the centerboard and the dripless shaft seal. So we learned how to be off shore power for seven weeks. We learned our average water consumption.… Continue reading On the Road Again….Again
Have you ever tried taking cats on a dinghy? It results in unhappiness by all parties and the potential for claws and ouchies by the humans. Apparently Barbara hides it better than Jason. Barbara definitely hiding it better than Jason But the crew was awesome. Captain and First Mate carried and calmed. We get to… Continue reading Cats and a Dinghy
The solar solutions the captain implemented seem to be working very well. The source of funny smell in the bilge has been identified (also by the captain) and the leak fixed. We are still on a ball in Fort Pierce so that Barbara can get work done and the cats can go see the vet.… Continue reading Status Quo
A couple of days down the ICW...and we are a couple days further south. The captain did find a boat yard to help get the bow line out of the bow thruster. A diver came out, and 20 minutes later and some mechanical magic by the captain, we have a bow thruster! We need a… Continue reading Daytona Beach and Titusville
The captain woke the first mate up to the smell of bacon. Do we need to mention anything else for the day? It was a true success there. Look how high out of the water it is! No, really, the morning was calm and beautiful as we pulled away from Mayport. It never gets old… Continue reading A Trip to St. Augustine
We finally have an engine, and we left the dock! Wahoo! We left Brunswick around 8 a.m. and headed south. Jekyll Creek has some shallow water at low tide, so we timed it to get there at high tide. And thank goodness for Bob423 tracks. We stayed away from shallow spots and just kept going.… Continue reading And We’re Off!
Arriving on Friday night we dropped anchor near Peanut Island (in the dark, but.....that's neither here nor there). The second night at that anchorage, we had a visit from Gatsby, a motor yacht out of Miami. They dropped anchor so close to us, Dora was tempted to jump on board. 😁 But they finally realized… Continue reading West Palm Beach
Approximately four or five miles off the Florida coast around the Huntington Beach area, we were just sailing along in the Florida Current (the Florida part of the Gulf Stream) during one of our two oil changes (that's for a different day). Barbara saw a couple of jet skiers in the distance while pondering the… Continue reading The Random Jet Skier
Having left the mooring ball at 7:15 this morning, we headed to the fuel dock. Our original plan had been to go to Burdines, but S/V Barefoot from Bokeelia best us to it. So we headed to Marathon Marina and got squared away. The Captain decided to take the inside route again as the forecast… Continue reading A Return to Key Largo
Well, we had an afternoon off once we reached the dock. Today, we started on projects. The decks and isinglass were cleaned, but the fun with the water bladders has begun. Time to make sense of zip ties! Happy Saturday!
