The feeling of the arrival in an unknown Port city is full of emotions. The anticipation, curiosity, mystery, the navigation challenges of unknown anchorages and docks, tides and winds, the feeling of safety once there, the mix of feelings is always intense.   St. Augustine, our next planned city, is supposed to be the oldest … More Anticipation of St Augustine

We crossed the St Mary River to Fernandina Beach, the first town in Florida, hurray we have arrived and this is the scenery, what a welcome. We continued to Fort George Island where we met up with Layla and Odyssey. We, all three boats, met in an Anchorage, Fort George River, as planned to have a … More Florida – Jacksonville

Thanksgiving day. We are on the sail and motor. We will sail two more hours about 10 miles. The Turkey is in the oven. It would take about two hours. We are listening to  a piano sonata. It is bright sunny day! What can you ask more than this! Amongst this I just got an idea … More Cumberland Island

Sorry to be somber today but as most of you know my (Peter) youngest son Joe passed away this time last year he was 29 years old. He had leukemia and we all thought it was under control then he suffered a brain hemorage and never recovered. The anerversary brings back all the sad memories … More Sad day

Savannah is my favorite city so far. First of all, the City Scape is so beautiful, well thought out and functioning well. Every other Block there is a Garden park. The green spots on the map are indicating the gardens. It feels like all the buildings are connected by the tree and flowers. We went … More Savannah GA!

The South Charleston waterfront has many beautiful 18th centry grand houses. It shows the prosperity period of the past. Look at this mortar! The thickness of the wall, seems excessive. The park has many civil war artifacts like an outdoor museum. This is a sad monument, in 1952 two US warships collided on a training … More Charleston 2

Charleston is a charming, artistic, and attractive city. We came to a Marina for getting mail delivered and some bank business. On the dock, we met “Layla” the boat we were at the Oxbow with who left there a day before us. We thought they were way ahead yet with 7 marinas in Charleston there … More Charleston

The sunset in George Town from the boat! The passion goes high up in the sky burning up the sky with redness of flame and the sun, until the sun submerges into the horizon. We hired a car and went to Brookgreen Gardens which is a Rice plantation converted into a Garden. It has a … More Georgetown and environs

Finally today the sun came out so we got in the dinghy to explore the water logged forest in our Oxbow Lake. What a wonderful place. The trees are growing in the water and are covered in Spanish Moss. It really is like something from a fairytale. We rowed, no engine noise to spoil the … More Waccamaw River

Yesterday it rained hard all day long and it was cold, we motored all day down the ICW. When we stopped we fired up the generator and turned the electric heater on. Today it suppose to rain like yesterday all day long. We decided to stay at a lovely anchoring place in an oxbow lake … More Rainy day