Harmony's Maiden Voyage

Casco Bay, ME.

Harmony — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:11:00 +0200

In September we decided to head north again partly to escape the ravages of hurricane Hannah as it made it’s way north up the coast, and ...

Shameless Self-promotion!

Harmony — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:18:00 +0200

As we had suspected all these years prior to owning a boat, Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, provide everythi...

We made it!

Harmony — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:08:00 +0200

And what a fabulous welcome. As we made our way up Buzzards Bay we could see tiny little people milling around on the Knob (the promontory that for...

Day 94

Harmony — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:58:00 +0200

Another 5 am start, and blimey do I need a lie in. For most of the day, the weather has been perfect, just as it should be for our last d...

Day 93

Harmony — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:35:00 +0200

We woke at 5am, and passed by lady liberty just as the Queen Mary 2 arrived. She was the first ship we saw Manhattan from when we did a t...

Day 91 to 93

Harmony — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:35:00 +0200

We woke at 6am, feeling like death warmed up, hoarse and hungover and not at all ready for another day of bad weather, but bad it was. Th...

Day 89 to 91

Harmony — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:28:00 +0200

We left Cape May, bright and early hoping for calm seas (as forecast) for our first outing on the Atlantic. Unfortunately it was...

Day 85 to 89

Harmony — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:18:00 +0200

We had planned to stop at Annapolis MD next, about 45 miles north of Solomons, but after the weather delays we felt we should make more progress; w...

Day 78 to 84

Harmony — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:56:00 +0200

We left Deltaville and headed back out onto the CHesapeake by way of a small sandy hump in the harbor channel, but at least it didn&...

Day 77 to 78

Harmony — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:35:00 +0200

We woke up and got ready for the 8am opening of Great Bridge bridge. Thankfully, all was much calmer after the day before and we locked t...

Day 72 to 76

Harmony — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:26:00 +0200

We arrived at Morehead City late in the afternoon and found a great spot to dock for $10 a night, right in the middle of town...

Day 66 to 71

Harmony — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:16:00 +0200

After the bustle of Charleston we headed for peace and quiet, and what turned out to be one of the nicest spots we dropped anchor in,...

Day 63 to 65

Harmony — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:06:00 +0200

We arrived at the Charleston Maritime Center mid afternoon, with strong winds and current, which made for an exciting docking! The center...

Day 62

Harmony — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:05:00 +0200

We left the Isle of Hope behind us in Georgia and headed north into South Carolina (SC), our third state. Hoisted the main sa...

Day 59 through 62

Harmony — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:39:00 +0200

Isle of Hope is a small historical suburb of Savannah GA, tucked into a wide meander of the Skidaway river. &nbs...

Day 57

Harmony — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:14:00 +0200

We made it to Georgia! We left Fernandina Beach and headed north, crossed many big inlets, passing through beautiful remote marsh land and around s...

Day 54

Harmony — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:17:00 +0200

Life on the ICW can be a perilous business for a boat. If Harmony could see all the wreck...

Day 49

Harmony — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:01:00 +0200

We left the marina at sunrise after refuelling and stocking up on food and more budweiser. We had read reports of more severe shoaling at...

Day 47

Harmony — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:28:00 +0200

We left Vero Beach at sunrise and headed north; the wind was from the south and so we u...

Day 40-something

Harmony — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:18:00 +0200

I discovered my inner birdspotter in Vero Beach. Once Dickie fixed the outboard engine, we motored around the surrounding islands, binocu...

Day 37

Harmony — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:08:00 +0100

Being outside so much we see all manner of wild life and fish, all the time. It’s like being on safari, even though we are at the dock. &...

Day 26 through..

Harmony — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:58:00 +0100

Happy St Patricks Day!

As you can see Dickie has raised the irish tricolour, or at least the closest he could get with...

Day 19

Harmony — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:42:00 +0100

Saturday morning and we left Ft Pierce marina at high tide heading for an anchorage 40 mile north, wind was gusting to 25 knots but it was bright a...

Day 12 through... continued

Harmony — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:32:00 +0100

Well we have a lot to catch up on so briefly…. while waiting for the starter we hung out in Ft Pierce and got to know the local...

Day 12 through...

Harmony — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:22:00 +0100

Sunday morning, and Harmony is towed safe and sound to the Ft Pierce municipal marina. Called mechanic and spent the rest of the day catc...

Day 9 through 12

Harmony — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:02:00 +0100

Headed for Faber Cove in Ft Pierce. Just as we were about to drop anchor, an engine alarm started going off; it appeared to be a a loose ...

Day 7 through 9

Harmony — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0100

Motored to nettles Island Marina, in 10 – 20 knot winds, relieved when we finally docked in the slip. Prepared for high winds a...

Day 6 though 7

Harmony — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:27:00 +0100

Headed off early to next anchorage, by way of jupiter inlet, we got a terrible shock as we touched sandy bottom, thankfully briefly. It is very dis...

Day 3 through 6

Harmony — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:17:00 +0100

Anchored in north portion of lake worth, and spent 3 nights on the hook. Still managed to spend money at nearby supermarket, and discover...

Day 1 through 3

Harmony — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:00 +0100

We motored Harmony from the previous owners dock in Highland Beach FL, and headed south for lighthouse point marina to get stocked up with provisio...