Category Archives: Jeff’s Blog

Anchoring Aboard Bear: Our Initial Ground Tackle

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Jeffrey

For those of you uninitiated in the ways of online cruising message boards, there are two things that start an argument every time: guns and anchors. Obviously, there are folks who are pretty passionate about firearms, but I bet few … Continue reading →

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Cape May Video – Summer 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Jeffrey

Margaret just edited together a nice little video from the anchorage in Cape May this summer. Watching it makes us wish we were aboard even more! Check it out and thumbs it up!

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Writing the Blog, Aiming for More

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Jeffrey

As you may have inferred, I have been trying to write a post every day. While I certainly wanted to share some of our experiences from the summer – and I still have a lot more to write on that … Continue reading →

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House v. Boat Repair

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Jeffrey

The past few days we were dealing with a number of problems around the house. First, while we had some friends over, our furnace suddenly shut down with a loud crash. Then, our hot water heater rusted through, sending water … Continue reading →

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The Anchorages (and a Map) of Our Summer

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Jeffrey

We stopped at a lot of places and traveled a long way this summer. But I did not realize exactly how many stops we made nor did I appreciate just how far we went until I plotted our trip on … Continue reading →

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Negotiating Bridges on the ICW

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Jeffrey

Throughout the summer on Long Island Sound and the Chesapeake, we never had reason to call for a bridge opening. However, that all changed abruptly on our first day out of Norfolk when we passed through nine drawbridges. As we … Continue reading →

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False Gods along the ICW: Fetishizing ActiveCaptain and the Magenta Line

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Jeffrey

Heading south, each evening I would go over the ground we were to cover the following day on ActiveCaptain and make notes on each hazard we might encounter. Most days, the crowdsourced information on ActiveCaptain indicated there were about a … Continue reading →

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Two Tales of Inexperienced Boaters on the ICW

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Jeffrey

All sorts of people use the Intracoastal Waterway and, after a while, I began to realize that some of them were ill prepared for navigating the ditch, which really should not have been as much of a revelation as it … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Midges

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Jeffrey

After a long day heading from Norfolk through the Virginia Cut – with a wonderful stop at Coinjock Marina for dinner – we anchored in the North River, just north of Buck Island. We dropped the hook in the charted … Continue reading →

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Wrightsville Beach: A Beach Town on the ICW

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Jeffrey

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina is a welcome oasis on the Intracoastal Waterway. Masonboro Inlet provides a nearly all-weather cut to the ocean, though boats going south from or coming north to Wrightsville would be better, distance-wise, coming into the Cape … Continue reading →

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