Well, leaving Charlotte and moving aboard proved more challenging than planned. It is hard to leave good friends and a great house at the lake, but we did it. We arrived in Hampton with a car full of stuff and immediately proceeded to go to shopping to buy the rest of the things we needed […]

After 29 years with EDS and over 20 years of running a successful advertising business, we have decided to quit work and go cruising. While waiting until we were retirement age would have been financially more lucrative, we opted to quit work early and start our adventure. We were very happy to have a Bon […]

Hampton, Virginia To get Berkeley East out of the hurricane zone we sailed her from Charleston, SC to Hampton, Virginia. This was our first offshore passage with just two of us aboard. After almost 90 days at the Charleston City Marina, getting to know the boat better and enjoying the town, we left for the […]

Charleston, South Carolina As Hurricane season approached, Mary, Christian and I left Ft. Lauderdale on our first offshore passage to Charleston, SC. We had an exciting first 24 hours covering 235 nautical miles that Mary described as a “run away freight train“. After that the wind died and we motored, arriving in Charleston 40 hours […]

Hollywood, Florida Arriving back in Florida after the Christmas holidays we found the Awlgrip and rigging complete. The boat had been moved to Wilshire Marina on the ICW in Hollywood Florida, which would be her home for the next few months while the commission work was completed.

Port Everglades, FL Sigrun Bolten arrived in Port Everglades Florida as scheduled on December 15, 2006. We were able to join Brad Storm and Rick to assist with the prep and offloading of our Hylas 54 from the freighter. All went as planned as she was lifted of the deck and gently set into the […]