Jaye Lunsford - Life Afloat http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/blog/9/JayeLunsfordLifeAfloat.html Observations on day-to-day life aboard a sailboat in Annapolis.

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]]> en-us Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:27:43 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:44 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html PHP 5.2.6 nlundskow@capitalgazette.com (Nick Lundskow) erikwiffin@capitalgazette.com (Erik Wiffin) 60 One Thousand Miles http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843284/OneThousandMiles.html We’ve come a thousand miles!  We’re now in Daytona Beach, FL.  We totally missed Beaufort, SC while waiting out the passing of the remnants of Hurricane Ida – that morphed into a nor’easter (I didn’t know hurricanes could do that – I think of hurricanes as a summer or early autumn phenomenon and nor’easters as winter phenomena) and battered our...

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:40 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843284/OneThousandMiles.html Look who dropped by! http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843271/Lookwhodroppedby.html Anchored in the Herb River near Savannah, GA.  Check out our newest crew member, standing watch! 

heron on staysail   

Ever since Dan's medical crisis 3-1/2 years ago, seeing a heron has been something of a good omen for us, so starting the day with this sight was especially wonderful.

]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:49:50 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843271/Lookwhodroppedby.html Charleston, SC http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843255/CharlestonSC.html  ravenal br charleston cu   (photo: the ultra-modern Ravenal Bridge)

Even before the steering concern, I’d been looking forward to Charleston, to spending a few days going to...

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:34 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843255/CharlestonSC.html Wilmington, NC to Charleston, SC http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843241/WilmingtonNCtoCharlestonSC.html Wilmington, NC to Charleston, SC

 

We spent a great couple of days in Wilmington, visiting the land home of friends Tom and Debbie, who keep their  sailboat at our marina in Annapolis.  Because getting mail is a challenge when you don’t stay...

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:33 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843241/WilmingtonNCtoCharlestonSC.html On the Move - Southbound http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843192/OntheMoveSouthbound.html My FaceBook status posts over the last week or so tell the story of traveling southward every day.  The changes have been gradual, but gradually the vegetation has become unfamiliar as southern species that can’t handle Maryland winters predominate.  We’re seeing pelicans dive-bombing the water and porpoises arcing, with regularity...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:53:03 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843192/OntheMoveSouthbound.html Operator Error! http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843186/OperatorError.html Humans like their channels to be reliably in the same place every time, and mark their boundaries with red or green buoys.  Mother Nature, though, doesn’t particularly like the dredged channel (“the ditch”) through the shifting sands between the barrier beaches and the shore here.  Shoaling – sands piling up as the channel tries to fill back in -  is...

]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:49:41 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843186/OperatorError.html At Anchor, Alligator River http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843168/AtAnchorAlligatorRiver.html  quiet evening on the alligator river 

Gotta love these names – first the Dismal Swamp, then this.  This is a totally pristine spot. ...

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:44:27 -0400 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843168/AtAnchorAlligatorRiver.html Elizabeth City, NC http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843167/ElizabethCityNC.html Bills itself as the “Harbor of Hospitality” for the cruising community and we were happy to learn that it lived up to this reputation.  There were the obvious amenities that we have learned to look for that govern our comfort in ways we took for granted when we lived on land – a laundromat within walking distance, and a good supermarket that picked us up at the marina and brought us...

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:30:45 -0400 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843167/ElizabethCityNC.html Dismal Swamp Canal http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843143/DismalSwampCanal.html I had read about tea-colored water, but never seen it.  Acidified by natural tannins in the surrounding cypress and juniper trees, it doesn’t support algae like the water of the Chesapeake, but the esthetics take some getting used to.  Reportedly the water was prized for sailing ships in the old days because it could be kept sterile for a long time.  They say...

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:07:03 -0400 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843143/DismalSwampCanal.html Ft Monroe, VA to Dismal Swamp http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2843135/FtMonroeVAtoDismalSwamp.html The next day, the seas were still rough after the storm but the day was crisp and clear, and with fair winds we decided to continue south.  It was going to be another long day, 40-ish miles, so we started around 8.  Or tried to; the docklines had tightened during the storm and by the time we got everything off, it was more like 8:30.  We passed Fort Monroe at just exactly...

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