Sailingdagny

It’s difficult to write about challenging days. I tend to process the events, learn what I can, then let it go without putting pen to paper. Yesterday was a rough one. It started off fine with chill ...

We successfully made another ocean passage. This time from Beaufort, SC, to Jacksonville, FL, and then on to St. Augustine, FL; it was 168nm (nautical miles) in a little over 30 hours. We decided to ...

Solomon's Maryland to the Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina After waiting for the winds to settle and getting our new dinghy onto the davits, we cast off from Solomon’s, MD, to begin our j ...

December 6, 2024 - Solomon's Island, Maryland We were delayed and then delayed again, but finally, Dagny splashed yesterday. Shortly after getting into the water, the skies cleared, the wind p ...

After our long, offshore crossing from the Bahamas, our trip up the ICW (Intercoastal Waterway) allowed us to slow the pace a bit and enjoy some of the people and towns as we passed through. We parti ...

The picture is a screenshot of drone footage taken of Dagny early one morning on the ICW. A gentleman saw us, sent up his drone, and then reached out to give us the footage. I continue to be amazed at ...

We made it back to the US! Rather than head due west to Florida which would have been a distance of about 60 miles, we decided to take advantage of the Gulf Stream and ride it north. We made landfall ...

There are always unknowns when we head offshore, but our recent transiting of Whale Cay Passage was riskier than most of the passages and cuts we’ve encountered. At Whale Cay the water is too shall ...

The past few days have been filled with staging for our crossing back to the US. We have poured over weather, wind, and wave forecasts. We have analyzed the Gulf Stream and its effects on our passage. ...

Today is what is known as a salty sailing day. We are taking some waves over the bow with some making it all the way to the dodger! Photo taken through the salty dodger window.