Houston to Charleston

Memorial Day Weekend

Jean-Marc Papon — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:53:00 +0200

As sun rises on the Saturday of this Holiday weekend we find ourselves just a couple of hours outside of the Chraleston Harbor entrance. We passed ...

Unexpected detour

Jean-Marc Papon — Mon, 21 May 2007 09:43:00 +0200

Well we were heading North in 25 knot winds when we encounteeered a Military exercise at sea and were forced to make a huge detour around them. We ...

Riding the Gulf Stream

Jean-Marc Papon — Sun, 20 May 2007 09:33:00 +0200

Wow we are flying in the Gulf Stream, making great headway. We plan to just keep going off shore.

Off shore on the route to Charleston

Jean-Marc Papon — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:23:00 +0200

We had to dodge a line of thunderstorms our first afternoon out. In doing so we headed West and lost contact with Gandolf. He really wanted to go t...

Off shore on the route to Charleston

Jean-Marc Papon — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:23:00 +0200

We had to dodge a line of thunderstorms our first afternoon out. In doing so we headed West and lost contact with Gandolf. He really wanted to go t...

Ready to Go

Jean-Marc Papon — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:13:00 +0200

We made some good friends here, but now we are ready to head north. Gandolf is going to make the trip with us. He is sailing single handed and it w...

Happy B day

Jean-Marc Papon — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:03:00 +0200

We celebrated my Birthday at a nice restaurant and started getting things together for our final leg home to Charleston

Key West to Ft Lauderdale

Jean-Marc Papon — Sun, 06 May 2007 08:53:00 +0200

After our adventure snorkeling offshore we headed around the coast on the outside and up to Fort Lauderdale. It took us 2 &nb...

Snorkeling

Jean-Marc Papon — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:43:00 +0200

We stopped at a reef to snorkel and spent the day tied to the buoy provided by the park service. Winds kicked up to 25 knots

Key West

Jean-Marc Papon — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:33:00 +0200

We enjoyed a few days at the Galleon Marina. It was fun walking around Key West, visiting shops, restaurants and Museums. Visiting Hemingway...

Dry Tortugas

Jean-Marc Papon — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:23:00 +0200

We spent 2 nights at sea to reach the Fort at Dry Tortuga just in time to anchor and relax before sunset. The winds picked up to 25 knots on the se...

Tarpon Springs

Jean-Marc Papon — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:13:00 +0200

Our first stop in Florida and a great place to visit for a few days. Lots of fantastic Greek Food and culture

Leaving Louisianna

Jean-Marc Papon — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:03:00 +0200

We stayed with a great bunch of people at Pirates Cove before crossing the Gulf to Florida

Avery Island

Jean-Marc Papon — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:53:00 +0200

We waited out a coldfront at Avery Island where we traveled deep into the marshes based on advise from a guide book. We got stuck in mud w...

Clear Lake to Charleston

Jean-Marc Papon — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:43:00 +0200

After crossing East Texas we realized that the Hurricanes had left very few Marinas available. At the end of a long day we had found this...