Leg 009 The Great Loop: Fernandia Beach – Troupe Creek

By John Wright on Apr 14, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Monday, April 14, 2014 – 8 PM – Leg 9/Days 13, 14, & 15 of The Great Loop – 39.3 Miles Two days off was just what the body & soul needed. The weather turned colder and windier so staying mostly indoors was in order. After hooking up at the marina, the laundry was done, the old girl was cleaned top to bottom and now is all sparkly. The TV Antenna that...

Leg 008 The Great Loop: St. Augustine to Fernandia Beach

By John Wright on Apr 11, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Friday, April 11, 2014 – 9 PM – Leg 8/Day 12 of The Great Loop – 51.7 Miles Today’s word-of-the-day would marshes. During high tide, the marshes cover the land and the water just seems to go on forever. It’s very deceiving because if you get off the ICW marked channel, you would run aground very quickly even at high tide. There was civilization...

Leg 007 The Great Loop: Daytona Beach to St. Augustine

By John Wright on Apr 10, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Thursday, April 10, 2014 – 9 PM – Leg 7/Days 10 & 11 of The Great Loop – 46.7 Miles The off day was spent working on the boat at a blistering puttering speed. The mess was cleaned from the last few days, the oil was changed, the laundry was laundered and after that, a nap and playing on the computer updating Facebook and catching up on the email was in...

Leg 006 The Great Loop: Titusville to Daytona Beach 3

By John Wright on Apr 8, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – 4 PM – Leg 6/Part 3/Day 9 of The Great Loop – 27.2 Miles After 3 days, Leg 6 is finally finished. We arrived back to shore by noon and the kids got back on the road and off to their normal routines. It was a pleasant and grand time with them. It’s really good to see Preston so happy and content. Suddenly, the feelings of...

Leg 006 The Great Loop: Titusville to Daytona Beach 2

By John Wright on Apr 7, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Monday, April 7, 2014 – 10 PM – Leg 6/Part 2/Day 8 of The Great Loop Sunburn. The scourge of visitors to the tropics and unsuspecting apparitions who forget that the sun is a nuclear engine hell-bent on scorching any minute area of unprotected skin. Though I may not be critically Caucasian, I am currently a whiter shade of pale that currently is glowing a lovely and...

Leg 006 The Great Loop: Titusville to Daytona Beach 1

By John Wright on Apr 6, 2014 in Captain's Log |

Sunday, April 6, 2014 – 9 PM – Leg 6/Part 1/Day 7of The Great Loop – 42.7 Miles Everything went according to plan. Preston and the family arrived shortly after finishing the charting last night and the tender was dispatched to pick them up. They brought pizza which was a nice change of pace. There is nothing like pan-fried fish and good BBQ, but a good pizza...