SAILING GLACIER GEM
 

We headed Northbound, on the Gulf side, to Ft Meyers, to enter the Okeechobee Waterway ( OWW ). The OWW is over 150 miles long (ca.250km)...

Key West Florida is a neat place and we very much enjoyed it. It was out of necessity that we ended up here, but made the best out of it...

Key West, Florida ended up having all we needed to get back into ship shape. A boatyard, a travel lift and a NEW shaft! 😳 When we got to...

Here we are following.... our Dreams! 🥰 Well those too, but actually we are following the winds and currents, rather than fighting our...

We've waited long enough for the RIGHT winds to take us South! It's been about 6 weeks for us here on the Island. The RIGHT winds don't...

Soooo, as it happens, not only are sailboats dragging anchors around us, sailboats "losing" dinghies, but powerboats are running aground...

Isla Mujeres! We are into you! Sounds idyllic, and it could be, it kinda is an island paradise....if you are on vacation! We have been...

A month later, and we are still on the Island Isla Mujeres, waiting for just the right weather window. 😳 You might think " well that...

Yay!!! Good news! Our shaft is NOT bent, although we know we hit something in the Yazoo River which made us think that it was. Nick...

We have been here in Mexico now since January 12th, unexpected circumstances brought us here, and we will remain here until we get our...

A New year, and new adventures! And, it doesn't disappoint! When we finally got the weather window to leave Venice, Louisiana we headed...

These are the worksheets from our January 9th running fix showed in Episode 8. A running fix is two or more sights taken at different...

Christmas Eve! 🎄 Here we are, in Empire, Louisiana and this area, the Bayou, is a VERY interesting area to say the least.... We came...

Well, a cold front was moving in! A frigid front to be exact!😳🥶😬😲 Leaving Baton Rouge was pretty uneventful that early morning, just...

We looked for a safe anchorage coming into Vicksburg, and as it's on a river bend, we went up the Yazoo River to look for a spot away...

https://youtu.be/6-tpP74LWPM. Hope you enjoy! 👏🏻

After a month in Memphis, rebuilding the engine and accomplishing various other things, like provisioning, filling up on diesel, me going...

Safety before anything.... Dense fog has been with us for the past several days, just as we've been ready to go, and when I've been...