Winter 2011 Squeegee - Sausalito Yacht Club

Palm Beach, FL: Mind-blowing mega yachts
St. Augustine, FL: Touristy and overrated; got hit by a bad
docker in a 65-foot sport fisher – rail damaged
Cumberland Island, GA: 80 gallons of diesel fuel in our bilge
– high-pressure fuel hose failed; enjoyed a gorgeous area,
home to St. Simons and Sea Island resorts, while hose was
fixed
Beaufort, SC: Can’t get any prettier Southern charm;
sophisticated restaurants and shops; very well managed
harbor
Charleston, SC: One of our favorite cities to visit; berthed
with the mega yachts at the new marina
Georgetown, SC: 20 gallons of diesel in the bilge – fix failed –
repaired again; beautiful, historical town with great waterside
dining and a friendly Southern charm
Southport, NC: Oh my god, we’re almost home; very
charming historical town on the Cape Fear River
Bald Head Island: Gorgeous vacation area; fabulous marina;
great stop
New Bern, NC: Home at last at the confluence of the Neuse
and Trent Rivers
Total time on the water: About 3 months
Total distance traveled: About 1300 miles
Check out our blog of the trip at
http://anneanddonsjourney.blogspot.com
So here we are. We have a little center cockpit boat at our
dock at home that allows us to explore the inshore, shoal draft
areas near our house. We keep Journey in a nearby Marina
and take her cruising to the myriad of local destinations
such as Ocracoke on the Outer Banks, Cape Lookout, and
Beaufort, NC – we’ve just barely touched the surface of
exploring in our own backyard.
Our next big adventure will be to the Chesapeake. We had
planned it for this Fall, but Hurricane Irene got in our way.
See the photograph (opposite) showing the effects of Irene
which was taken by Anne who braved the 75 mph winds
wreaking havoc with a severe storm surge in our backyard. We
managed to stay dry and safe throughout but had no power for
four days. Many in our area were not as lucky and the FEMA
clean up and disaster relief continues.
Contact us if you want to talk more about our new area and all
it has to offer.
Cheers to all at SYC – we’ll be dropping by sometime soon.
Anne and Don Marr
anneemarr@hotmail.com | donaldmarr@gmail.com
Casey Cartwright and
Diane Heise
Aboard S/V Inkatu left to right: crew member Mark
Dietrich, Diane Heise and Skipper Casey Cartwright
Casey and Diane aboard S/V Inkatu have officially started
their new cruising lives.
We are in Oxnard, CA at the moment. The trip down
included light or no wind, moderate seas, one squall and
lightening the last night in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Lots of shipping traffic but AIS made communication
with them real easy and the captains appreciated the calls
regarding crossing or passing in the night.
The Oxnard Yacht Club and the Pacific Corinthian have
been great regarding reciprocity. (PCYC actually has
TWO of our burgees displayed.)
The plan is to buddy boat out to the Channel Islands with
our nephew and his family and, when we return, leave
Inkatu in the Channel Islands Marina. Then, we plan to
take the train to the Bay Area, pick up our cars and drive
them back to our house in Washington. When we return
to Oxnard, we will head south. We decided not to join the
HA HA but will continue after the group has sailed on.
A stop in Ensenada at Baja Naval for a brief check-in, a
bottom painting, then southbound.
Cheers to all.
Glen Meskimen & Herma Wells
We are living in Seattle
and enjoying the beautiful
cruising grounds of the
Northwest aboard Enya,
our Sabre 386. We get
back down to SYC a couple
times a year and would
be glad to talk with anyone interested in cruising the
Northwest.
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