Charleston

Charleston

Minim Creek – Minimum Visibility The fog’s ghostly presence hung over us for two hours after leaving Minim Creek to get to Charlestown. Visibility was down to around 100 metres, so we kept ears open and a close eye on the radar screen for anything that...
Out Of The Harbour And Into The Frying Pan Shoals

Out Of The Harbour And Into The Frying Pan Shoals

 Day Trip To Beaufort Beaufort is an undeniably pretty place. And its proud pristine buildings, rocking chairs on the porches and friendly people combine to serve up Southern charm in spades. Almost the whole town forms part of Beaufort history. And there’s a...
Down the ICW

Down the ICW

Dismal Swamp The route to the Dismal Swamp Canal passes through the metallic landscape of Norfolk, VA. This is home of much of the US Navy, and most coal carriers judging by the mountains of coal at the side of the river. This isn’t the prettiest of places to sail...
Salty Dawgers In Hampton

Salty Dawgers In Hampton

Something Fishy’s Ponging On As dawn arrived in Annapolis on Thursday 25th October, we let go our mooring lines, motored out of the harbour and turned right towards Hampton, Virginia. The wind behind giving us a welcome boost to get to Hampton before late...
Lady Jane Goes To Washington

Lady Jane Goes To Washington

An Officer And A Gentleman We picked up a mooring ball in Annapolis, just opposite the United States Naval Academy. The academy happens to be open to the public if you have ID and don’t set off the security scanner. So, given that we were only a throw of the...