The Abacos to Eleuthera

Harmony — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:38:00 +0200

Heading south again from Marsh Harbor we sailed about 25 miles to Little Harbor, the last stop in the protected Sea of Abaco before the 50 mile jum...

Marsh Harbor Anchorage

Harmony — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:28:00 +0200

We are back in Marsh Harbor for a third visit during a month of cruising the sea of Abaco and some of its lovely islands. We have visited...

The North West Bahamas

Harmony — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:18:00 +0200

We spent 3 windy nights on the dock at the old bahama bay marina. We borrowed bikes and cycled into the little settlement of We...

A Saint Patrick's Day Miracle!

Harmony — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:08:00 +0100

We made it to the bahamas. It is a St Patricks Day Miracle!

After waiting a week at anchor in west palm beach for the right weath...

Stuart FL still!

Harmony — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:58:00 +0100

When we returned to stuart in mid january we expected to spend a balmy week to 10 days reacclimatizing to the warmer weather and getting stocked up...

Stuart FL

Harmony — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:48:00 +0100

By mid december we had decided to head for key west for christmas, heading west across the FLorida peninsula via the okeechobee waterway to Ft Myer...

blimey it has been eons since last posting!

Harmony — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:38:00 +0100

it is hard to cast my mind back so far but I’ll have a go:

thanksgiving day morning 2009 (november 25th I think) we set...

Fernandina Beach to Cape Canaveral

Harmony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:00 +0100

We spent 3 days on a mooring in Fernandina Beach. After sleeping most of the first day and through the night we hauled the dinghy, Little...

Port Royal SC to Fernandina Beach FL

Harmony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:18:00 +0100

We left the marina as planned! the heater part arrived and we set off at 10.30 am. Out to sea or rather the great atlantic ocean:

Dewes Creek to Port Royal SC

Harmony — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:08:00 +0100

On and on south we go. I tried to catch the dolphins on the video from up on the bow and managed to but only just about, they just wont c...

Thoroughfare Creek SC to Dewes Creek SC

Harmony — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:00 +0100

South from Thoroughfare Creek we motored along the beautiful and winding Waccamaw River as it grows wider and enters Winyah Bay close to Georgetown...

Carolina Beach NC to Thoroughfare Creek SC

Harmony — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:48:00 +0100

Another early start, and another beautiful day dawned over Harmony and the crew. We crossed through Snows Cut and into the Cape Fear rive...

Sloop Point to Carolina beach Anchorage

Harmony — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:38:00 +0100

We left Sloop Point saturday morning at sunrise, a beautiful day dawning over topsail inlet. We headed south again with our new friend Hooligan on ...

Broad Creek to Sloop Point NC

Harmony — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0100

We left Broad creek and headed back onto the Neuse RIver for another 10 miles towards Moreheard CIty. Just north of t...

Elizabeth City NC to Broad Creek NC

Harmony — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:18:00 +0100

We left Elizabeth CIty bright and early with 18 knot winds forecast and ventured across the Albermarle Sound. We needed to get south quick. &nb...

Belhaven fuel stop

Harmony — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:21:12 +0100

October 27th

Deep Point Anchorage

Harmony — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:09:00 +0100

anchorage 26th

Elizabeth City NC

Harmony — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:00 +0200

Elizabeth CIty NC is known a the harbor of hospitality and it is indeed most hospitable. The town provides free dockage to boaters passin...

Norfolk VA to Elizabeth City NC through the Great Dismal Swamp

Harmony — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:08:00 +0200

Another blue sky day dawned over Norfolk VA and the new crew member arrived at the dock bright and early ready for the trip through the Great DIsma...

Norfolk VA

Harmony — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:58:00 +0200

The first 36 hours in Norfolk were freezing cold and windy so we were really happy to be plugged into shore power so we could have the heating on a...

Deltaville VA to Norfolk VA

Harmony — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:48:00 +0200

We ventured out again onto Chesapeake Bay, even though the weather wasn’t great, as we had a very important rendezvous in Norfolk VA, my ...

Tangier Island to Deltaville VA

Harmony — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:38:00 +0200

The weather was forecast to deteriorate over the next few days (and heaven forbid we get stuck for a week on a dry island), so we headed back out o...

Solomons MD to Tangier Island VA

Harmony — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:28:00 +0200

The next day the wind and waves had calmed down, and it was sunny and perfect to cross the Potomac so we headed south once more for Tangier Island ...

Dun Cove MD to Solomons MD

Harmony — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:18:00 +0200

We left Dun Cove bright and early after being penned in by strong winds for a few days. It was calm and beautiful, and we were hoping to ...

Dun Cove, MD

Harmony — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:08:00 +0200

We had a great sail across the bay, warm, sunny and the perfect amount of wind from the right direction, it is what it is all about.

Back Creek, Annapolis

Harmony — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:58:00 +0200

We anchored in Back creek, a little further from down town annapolis than our previous mooring (and free), but more convenient to supermarkets and ...

Clements creek, MD.

Harmony — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:48:00 +0200

After a successful stay in annapolis we decided to head up the severn river and find a quiet creek to shelter from the forecasted 30 mp...

Annapolis MD (still)

Harmony — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:38:00 +0200

We spent several days on the mooring in Annapolis, and made the most of the all the facilities (especially showers) the city offered, which were ju...

Worton Creek to Annapolis MD

Harmony — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:28:00 +0200

Annapolis would be our next stop. It is the capital of Maryland and is only about 30 miles south of worton creek and under the ...

Chesapeake City to Worton Creek

Harmony — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:18:00 +0200

We stayed in Chesapeake City till monday and then set off for the Bay, there were light winds and calm seas and very little traffic, it was lovely....

Chesapeake City MD

Harmony — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:02:00 +0200

We arrived at Chesapeake CIty late saturday afternoon to find it absolutely mobbed; the teeny anchorage basin right off the C&D canal was p...

Cape May NJ to Chesapeake City MD.

Harmony — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:52:00 +0200

The next leg of the trip is a long daytrip up the Delaware Bay and through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. You must leave Cape May a c...

Cape May Anchorage NJ.

Harmony — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:05:00 +0200

After our overnighter it took a day or 2 to get back to normal. Cape May is a good spot to watch all sorts of boats go by as it is a busy...

Block Island to Cape May NJ.

Harmony — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:55:00 +0200

The next leg of our trip was the BIGONE: our first ...

Block Island Anchorage (still)

Harmony — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:45:00 +0200

After the lively labor day weekend was over we had the anchorage to ourselves, but unfortunately we also had 3 days of 20 to 30 knot winds so getti...

Block Island Anchorage.

Harmony — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:35:00 +0200

Block Island is a lovely spot and they cater well to us boaters. Strange cries emanating from the other end of the harbor turned out to b...

Cuttyhunk MA to Block Island RI.

Harmony — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:25:00 +0200

We decided to continue on to Block Island the next day (about 35 miles west across Rhode Island Sound) as the weather and tides were am...

Woods Hole to Cuttyhunk MA

Harmony — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:15:00 +0200

It is getting chilly in the mornings so we decided to start the long journey south. The first leg was a short one, about 12 miles, from woods hole ...

Ahoy There!

Harmony — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:05:00 +0200

We are back in Monument Beach, where we moored Harmony prior to moving aboard on July 15th, having spent the last 6 weeks sailing around cape cod, ...

Woods Hole MA

Harmony — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:51:00 +0200

There is always a lot going on in woods hole harbor, ferries coming and going to martha’s vineyard, research vessels serving the science ...

A year aboard S/V Harmony