Boat life
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Pine Island
Sitting in the cockpit, as the sun was rising, enjoying my first cup of coffee, I heard a sharp exhale of air, like someone or something breathing. As I glanced across the anchorage at Pine Island, I noticed several dolphins swimming around the boat. This was going to be our first longer term anchorage along Continue reading
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Overnight Passages
Even being three miles off the coast, the quiet, the stars to the east of the boat. Not seeing anything else out there, save a freighter or a cruise ship on the horizon, it’s magical. There’s a peace that comes with sitting at the helm on a calm night with the disconnection from everything except Continue reading
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Spending a week away from the dock at Julington Creek.
As we got ready to leave Green Cove for a little while, we knew we wanted to stay on the St. Johns River. It’s still hurricane season. We’ve weathered three hurricanes now in Green Cove and have done pretty well, though Helene was really rough even though we were just on the outer edges of Continue reading
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The Creepy Crawlies
It doesn’t matter where you live, you have creep crawly critters. In houses you can have mice, rats, spiders, or snakes. You just might not be super aware of those critters that you are sharing your space with. On a boat however, your awareness of these critters does become a little more heightened. In December, when we were Continue reading
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Currents of Progress
Once we found the Mobile Marine Electrical things started moving. In fact, now we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for electrical work. They have been great, in fact even coming out here on a Saturday to make sure that we had a solid battery charging system. While they have done a lot Continue reading
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Start of Boatlife
People always said that cruising on a boat is simply fixing a boat in exotic places…I’m ready for the exotic places to begin. In early August I flew down to Florida to begin preparations for the boat to go in the water. Then at the end of that week, One Life would go in the Continue reading
The Great Wander 