Tough As Nails

Last Wednesday our really good friend, Zach Frank, flew from Atlanta to Florida and boarded Adagio to sail with us down the coast to Miami.  Marc met Zach in middle school and they were best friends for two years.  Then Zach moved to Cincinnati and Marc and Zach lost touch.  But Marc and Zach ran…

Back in the US of A

We have been a little on the go lately.  We flew back to Florida from Costa Rica five days ago, then Camden and I turned around and flew out the following day to Charlotte, and now we are back here in Florida visiting with Marc’s dad.  Really good news: Marc’s excellent duct taping skills allowed our cardboard boxes…

Haulin’ Out

We hauled out the boat and we are hauling out of the country again.  The last two weeks have been relaxing at times and busy at times.  As soon as we landed in the US in Fort Pierce, Florida, we headed across the Sunshine State to St. Pete Beach to visit with Marc’s parents at their condo. …

On Solid Ground

We are back!  The Konesco Crew arrived in Fort Pierce, Florida last Friday, June 20.  Marc estimated we would arrive at 6:30 am and we sailed in at 7 am.  Impressively close calculations!  But let me take a few steps back to a week and a half ago…   On Friday, June 13 we dropped Marc’s cousin Kelsey…

The Abacos

A week ago we left New Providence around 4 pm and set off toward The Abacos.  We knew the trip would take over 15 hours so we sailed mostly at night so the kids could sleep through it.  The winds were around 20 knots and the seas were around 6 feet.  The winds and seas…

Leaving The Exumas

Our last stop in The Exumas this year was Cambridge Cay.  We buddy boated from Staniel to Cambridge with Chip and Elizabeth.  This was the most remote part we traveled to but it was the best exploring.  We can’t wait to return here next year.  Marc and I made every attempt to homeschool Joellen and Camden every…

Staniel Cay

After Warderick Wells we sailed south to Staniel Cay.  We met lots of new friends from other cruisers to local Bahamians on Staniel.  We dropped anchor around noon on April 21 and dinghyed over to town because we were hoping to find some food outside of our carbohydrate genre (on the boat our lunch options are either cheese…

The Exumas

Ahhhhh…life is good.  Truly life has never been better.  We have not had internet for weeks but I’m plugged in today so I’m blogging like a madwoman.  We are loving The Exumas and can’t rave about it enough.  Everyone told us the water in The Exumas is the best in the Caribbean and they were…

Joellen: Bimini to New Providence

We are currently in New Providence (island where Nassau is).  But Bimini was so much fun.  We hung out in Bimini for a week with lots of other sailboats, including our friends on Rafiki.Kathryn carried Maria around everywhere.We left Bimini last week with a bunch of other boats.  Here we are heading out of Bimini.We…