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.
An early morning start as many boaters were leaving West End today. We helped several boats go, headed to the beach, Jason got his sunrise photo, then time to cast off our lines. We had a pretty short day with only 27 miles to go from West End to Lucaya (Freeport area on Grand Bahama… Continue reading On To Lucaya
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…
Well, kids, we made Lake Worth to sit for the weather window. And it's a parking lot in here. There are hundreds of boats. Some will cross tomorrow. Some need to stay for various reasons. We visited Peanut Island for a day trip. A Kennedy Bomb Bunker is there. They are restoring it, and it… Continue reading West Palm Beach
An early morning start hoping to get to Little Lake Worth by lunchtime. We only had 24 miles to go. But the tides, winds, and bridges were all aganst us. The Jupiter inlet skunked us. We could only make 3ish knots going through the 707 Bridge. And alas, that put us 5 minutes late for… Continue reading West Palm and Little Lake Worth
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
We knew it would be a long slog, but anchor was up at 6:45, and away we went. With little to no wind forecast it was once again an ICW day. But 61 miles later, we caught a ball in St. Augustine and met up with Saucy Pause (Gary and Ann) and Dance Me (John… Continue reading On to St. Augustine
Another day in Fernandina as we sit out some winds. Before Jason and Barbara headed to shore, we realized that we hadn't been bobbing around for a while. Aahhh....back on the hook. Jason noticed a boat had started to drag anchor. And while they would likely recatch during low tide, we didn't want them to… Continue reading Animals and Anchors
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
