Norfolk, VA
To see as much of the world as we can,
Using the smallest carbon footprint we can,
Spending the least amount of money we can,
Making as many friends we can.
Week 8 (days 89-95) Not much going on this week. Again. We like it that way.
Resting up after yesterday’s outing. Listening to the wind building.
Raising and lowering the dinghy engine is a bit …
Week 7 (days 82-88) Had some guests this week.
Sunny and pleasant morning. Breezy in the afternoon. Did some boat chores.
Okay.
Did one boat chore: I topped up the battery water.
We grocery shopping. We’re …
Week 6 (days 75-81) Back from the Hiatus. Doing nothing. It's delightful.
The reverse of our trip out. Rental car to airport. Huge weather delays. Flights. Shuttle bus to a hotel. Shuttle back to the airport …
Week 5 (days 68-74) Mooring fields are very nice. We can take a hiatus, confident Red Ranger is safe with double mooring lines.
Shower day. Dinghy trip to shore for Hollywood showers. Also. Started bringing …
Week 4 (days 61-67) Mooring fields are very nice. And yes, we're doing mostly nothing. We have stacks of books and miles of yarn.
Move down to San Carlos Bay, outside Ft Meyers beach. Delightful motor …
Week 3 (days 54-60) we actually did some cruising.
Groceries run. It was a beautiful morning. It's about a 20 minute dinghy ride to Laishley Park.
From the park it's a 40 min walk, 1.7 mile, down to the grocery store. Then …
Week 2 (days 47-53) was (mostly) stinking cold. No drama, though, just endurance.
I'm lifting the panel under the starboard side berth in the aft cabin. It's packed full of yarn. This is CA's "craft room".
Many retired folks have rooms or basements devoted …
There's a gap of several days. Then the actual voyaging part begins (after 42 days of preparation.)
We're not counting the hiatus days. The 2025 cruise day count resumes with Day 43, when we returned.
Sunday, January 11 to …
Anchored. 26°28.2021′N 081°58.7907′W.
Not Red Ranger. This is some other random ketch, and a rainbow.
Anchored. 26°28.2021′N 081°58.7907′W.
What we think we're going to be doing...
Shift to a Ft. Myers Beach Mooring. Scheduled: May 4, 2022 at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, EDT.
Check the Weather for good N-bound sailing …
Anchored at 24°37.5312′N, 82°52.3086′W.
The bird situation is a wow. The noise is remarkable. It's a lot of birds out here in the middle of the ocean. If you're migrating from South America or southern Central America to North …
We're still anchored at 24°51.762′N 080°44.516′W, not far from Lower Matecumbe Key. There's a little sandbar for a little sandbar party. But It's Monday, so not much party action.
We spent two days waiting for weather. We did mostly nothing.
The George Musson/Coronado Beach (SR 44) bridge, mile 845 is broken. CA found out today when walking back from the grocery store.
That changes our plans.
We'll wait here until the bridge is fixed and we have a suitable weather window.
Here's Red Ranger waiting. If you squint, you …
New Smyrna is nice. We'd like to see the keys, though, so we're waiting on weather.
Here's the far distant forecast.
FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet with occasional seas to 5 feet.
FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to …
Been there. Know a lot of people who've been there.
Engine doesn't work.
Not us. Two fisherman who drifted through the anchorage.
We heard the faint beep-beep from a 75HP, electric start outboard that wasn't starting. They were prepared. Had an anchor. Seemed to know what they were …
Waiting for weather in New Smyrna Beach. Weather is pleasant. Anchor is holding.
This is the SafeAnchor app on the iPhone. It shows about 60' of movement between where I marked the anchor and where we are. In the SW corner of the circle, there's a …
The dinghy's name is Scout. Scout's original fuel tank was pretty beat up.
The tank was ancient — came with Red Ranger almost a decade ago — which means some of the plastic had started to crack. And other bits and pieces were starting to fall apart.
The …
Context. We pulled into St. Mary's on day 2, tail between our legs, licking our wounds. It's warmer than Charleston, but still right cold. 4°C, I think. We'd really like to go ashore and hike around, but, we found dinghy problems.
Anchored at 30°46.255′N 081°28 …
Yes. I know it's 2022. But our Red Ranger seasons work from May to May, so we're in the 2021-2022 season.
(And. Phase III? Yes. Phase I was get to Charleston. Phase II was leave the boat for a long time to take the train to California. Phase III is …
We have a sextant on Red Ranger.
I think it might be adjusted properly. The index error appears to be 6.8′. I fiddled around with the mirrors a little and got a single view of the Sun through the various sunshades.
On the way N from Norfolk to Deltaville …
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