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.
After some surprise engine issues and regular maintenance, it was time to leave Brunswick. The Captain found a good weather window, and we were ready. A balmy 38 degrees at 6:30 in the morning had us covered up pretty well, but we still had Gary, John, and Kit (who brought us donuts for safe travels)… Continue reading And South We Go
We have waited a month to see the Abacos. Weather has been icky-pooh (technical term. Again, masters degree in meteorology so.....supposed techical term expert). But we made it! An early morning to head to the Abacos. With the weather as it was, we were headed to Lynyard Cay. Seas weren't too bad, but according to… Continue reading And on to the Abacos!
We are a few days behind. But we crossed from the Berry Islands to Eleuthra on Friday, March 8th. Some people that Colin and Sue met on SV Sirena told them about Egg Island. So that's where we headed. When we dropped anchor, I sent a message to our friends Dave and Mary (SV Luck… Continue reading Northern Eleuthra
Hours of boredom followed by moments of terror. Last night we had our turn at dragging anchor. Our anchorage was marked as poor holding on the charts, but we had held for 30+ hours. Then the winds came out of the east with a squall line, and the anchorage wasn't good for east winds. Two… Continue reading To White Cay
We made it to the Berry Islands yesterday! After 71.3 miles, we anchored in Bullocks Harbor. It seemed like all the cargo ships were not moving. We never pass them. Could this be Bermuda and not the Bahamas? Finally one passed us. Whew! As we got to Great Stirrup Cay and Little Stirrup Cay you… Continue reading The Berrys!!
The eight dock lines held, some cooler weather gave a wonderful night's sleep, and the sun greeted us today. A walk back out to check the seas found us with John and Sue and Coco. A long walk on the beach, some conch hunting, and the joy of the day. Jason fixed the solar panels. … Continue reading It’s going to be a sun, sun-shiney day
Ladies, gents, small people, furry beings...we finally did it. The weather window looked worth it, and we went. It wasn't an easy decision. It was a decision wrought with sleeplessness, unhappy tummies, scrambling around for food, necessary boat items (because boat means break out another thousand....but not that bad), and simple stress. We've been further… Continue reading Step 2: Cross over…
An early morning off the free dock in Historic Cocoa after a great day with John, Sue, Gary, and Ann Marie. It was another long slog through the ICW, which is never fun on weekends in Florida. But we had a couple great surprises. First, as we were going under the bridge in Melbourne out… Continue reading And on to Vero
The original plan was to head to Titusville today, an easy 40 mile day. We left the dock promptly at 7:30, apparently 1 minute behind Dance Me. Well, Dance Me was making some time and would make Titusville by 2 p.m. So they were going to push on to Cocoa. We looked and got nervous… Continue reading And on to Cocoa
Many projects were completed while we stayed in Brunswick. The Cap'n replaced the old batteries with new lithium batteries, we have a cool, new solar setup with some over the davits and some on our new hard top over the cockpit. We have a new dinghy motor and a water maker to give us a… Continue reading The 2024 Season Has Begun
