Camden: My First Blog Post!

My dad interviewed me with some questions and my answers are below.  I’m not a huge fan of spelling so I got my dad to type this up for me. I am most excited about… 1-seeing a shark 2-sailing the boat 3-being the captain of the dinghy My goals for the trip are… 1-to see…

Joellen: My First Blog Post!

Hi my name is Joellen I am 9 years old. I am exidid about going to a beach every day and swiming.  I am also exidid about meeting new people and learning spanish!!!!!!!!!! I am scared about falling in the water when the boat is sailing but I’ll have my life jaket on and my…

Look Ma! I took off the alternator!

Well, the other day I learned more than I ever thought I would about alternators and then some!  We were having issues with our batteries where they would not charge fully and would not keep their charge.  A boat without batteries is no bueno.  We tried to troubleshoot the problem by researching in Niger Calder’s Mechanical…

Too Cool for School

Once in a blue moon you meet a couple that has something really special.  You can’t put your finger on it exactly but you know from their loving glances at each other, their giggles and the sincere compliments they give each other that they lead the pack when it comes to a marriage.  The most…

Baby It’s Cold Outside

Brrrrrr is an understatement.  This photo says it all.  That’s Teresa Carey in the foreground and me in the background.  Teresa is half of our awesome delivery captain duo.  She and her husband Ben are helping Marc and I sail our boat from Virginia to Ft. Lauderdale.  Ben & Teresa have sailed in every kind of…

It Comes Full Circle

Ten years ago, Marc and I were living in Richmond, Virginia.  We had a sailboat on the Chesapeake in a small town called Deltaville.  It’s a sleepy little town in the winter and a bustling hot spot for sailors in the summer. During our recent search for a cruising boat, we searched all of North America,…