Bob’s mother and sister were looking for an adventure and boating experience so we left Annapolis and took the 4 hour cruise over to Baltimore. Leaving our compact slip with extremely narrow fairways and tight turns in Annapolis was certainly an experience. Thankfully, the undocking and the 27 mile cruise up the Chesapeake were uneventful. Unfortunately, the weather was spots of sun in between rain drops, but luckily not windy.
Read More »Fells Point, MD
Three Sons cruised across the Chesapeake Bay in calm waters and with joyful hearts. We were headed for Annapolis where we would meet up with Bob’s mother, who flew into BWI from Providence and Bob’s sister, who flew into BWI from New Orleans. They met in the airport and ubered over to Annapolis Yacht Marina where they moved onboard and settled in.
Read More »Annapolis and VISITORS
We’ve challenged ourselves on our fourth trip through the Chesapeake to seek out towns that we’ve missed on prior cruises. After leaving Deltaville, we took a short trip north to Reedville, VA. This was a perfect trip as we got to see a new town and only needed to travel a few hours as the weather wasn’t predicted to be too good for cruising.
Read More »Exploring Small Towns on the Chesapeake Bay
Three Sons left Hampton and turned onto the Chesapeake Bay. This is the fourth time we are cruising and exploring in these waters. The Bay is considered one of the greatest cruising destinations being 219 miles long and having 11,600 miles of shoreline.
Read More »Deltaville, VA & Dartmouth, MA
The AGLCA Rendezvous ended and we were back to constantly checking numerous weather Apps and planning stops. With the weather in Chesapeake Bay being unfriendly for cruisers, we chose a short 12 Nautical Mile trip across the James River stopping in Hampton, VA.
Read More »Hampton, VA
For the second year, we attended the AGLCA Rendezvous in Norfolk, VA.
Read More »AGLCA Rendezvous
A much needed trip home for hugs from our peeps!
Three Sons got some needed maintenance on the hard.
The ICW is basically a watery interstate route filled with natural breathtaking beauty and engineered paths connecting the waterways. In North Carolina the ICW runs for almost 300 miles and has large tidal flow, inlets currents, creeks and rivers, shallow water and active dredging barges. Three Sons cruised the 271 miles of the ICW through North Carolina and meandered around the obstacles in 5 days.
Read More »North Carolina
Three Sons took advantage of some gorgeous weather cruising conditions (with the exception of one day of a bad prediction) and cruised through South Carolina in four days putting 211 miles behind us.
Read More »South Carolina
We continue to move up the East Coast exploring new places but not staying too long so we can get to VA to have the boat hauled.
Read More »Georgia
Our cruising itinerary for the northern part of Florida was planned deliberately to move each day but still enjoy some sights. We have an appointment at the end of the month to get the boat hauled in VA to have the stabilizers fixed. In order to make this happen, we need to put quite a few miles behind us
Read More »North Florida, East Coast
Monday, April 1 -3, 2024
After a very relaxing night on anchor in Ft. Pierce we started back on the Great Loop Route. Our first stop on the East Coast was Melbourne, FL where we docked at Melbourne Harbor Marina.
Read More »Melbourne, FL
During our time in the Keys we were closely monitoring the weather to find a window to head over to the Bahamas.
Read More »Key Largo, FL
Boco Chica Key, Marathon, Long Key
Crazy Wind, Another Eviction and dealing with a broken exhaust pipe, at least it is sunny and hot!
Read More »Exploring the Keys
The further south we go, water is turning aquamarine and crystal clear along with rising temperatures. We have had to resort to tank tops and lots of sunscreen.
Read More »Key West, FL
We only spent one day in Marathon. Since we need to pick up a package that is being delivered to the home of a local harbor host, we will stop again and explore more on our way up north. We had a relaxing morning on the hook, knowing our day consisted of a short ride to our next destination. Today’s route include cruising under the Seven Mile bridge that connects the middle keys to the lower keys.
Read More »Bahia Honda State Park, FL
Marco Island, The Everglades National Park and Marathon, FL
We enjoyed our stay in Fort Myers but we were ready to get back to boat life and continue chasing the sun and warmer weather. We did a ton of provisioning over December and so many nooks and crannies of the boat are stuffed. Even with that said, it is amazing the storage space we have onboard.
Read More »Cruising South – The Gulf of Mexico
Our goal since retiring was to travel the waters that make up The Great Loop. Although we have traveled over 4,000 NM on the East Coast segment of the Loop, we now are officially saying we are Loopers. Our year long continuous journey will start on the West Coast of Florida leaving Fort Myers. The Great Loop is a 6,000 mile counterclockwise, journey navigating waterways along much of the Eastern half of the USA along with a bit of Canada as we travel the northern segment.
Read More »The Great Loop