Category: Sailing

  We were so sad to leave Washington, DC – we barely skimmed the surface of things to do and loved the camaraderie at the Capital Yacht Club, where we were anchored out. But to keep on schedule for an Atlantic crossing, we needed to keep moving. I usually develop a case of “Departure Depression”…

                  Washington, DC has to be one of my favorite places on this trip.   It’s cosmopolitan, diverse, easy to navigate, filled with history and there are so, so many things to do.  We spent more than two weeks exploring and didn’t scratch the surface.  On top of that, the anchoring situation in…

We were welcomed to Virginia by a sign along the Great Dismal Swamp, a narrow and shallow swath of water cut through a piece of property formerly owned (and surveyed) by George Washington himself.   The Great Dismal Swamp has trees overhanging on both sides and was so narrow in some parts we had to make sure our mast…

  After leaving Savannah we made our way up to Charleston, South Carolina.  We sailed past Fort Sumter – where the first shots of the Civil War rang out – as we made our way up the Ashley River to anchor in front of Battery Park.  The visitor center had a decidedly Southern bent on…

When Dante was about 3 years old we were driving in the mountains and came across a mudslide across the road. From the back seat I heard Dante’s little voice proclaim confidently, “My dad could fix that.” Even at three years old, Dante could see that Darold was a handy man. And it’s a good…