Back to the Beginning of Stevie the Vagabond Roll back to the first year of my travels as Stevie the Vagabond in the summer of 2013. I was halfway across Canada already, playing guitar on the streets while living out of my car. There was a big youth conference hosted by the Baha’i Community in Toronto with thousands of youth… Read more →
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CTP – Blog 9 – Providencia, Colombia
Leaving Cuba — headed to Providencia On Friday, May 27 we left Cuba behind as we motor sailed south towards a waypoint just west of the Cayman Islands, on route to Providencia, Colombia. The seas were nice and calm, but we didn’t have the right wind angle once again. By day two we had already adjusted the sails to a… Read more →
CTP – Blog 8 – Cayo Largo
Leaving Isla Juventud towards Cayo Largo The first day we didn’t go very far from Nueva Gerona (literally just outside the Rio las Casas and around the corner). We anchored in front of el Presidio Modelo, went for a swim, then rinsed off, and went to sleep soon after in preparation for sailing to Cayo Largo. The next day we… Read more →
CTP – Blog 6 – Bienvenidos a Cabo San Antonio
Captain and I weighed anchor in Venice, Florida in the mid afternoon of Thursday, May 12. Our next stop was set to be Cabo San Antonio in Cuba. The crossing of the Gulf Stream from Venice, passed the Dry Tortugas (painfully close to Romi in Key West) was actually pretty uneventful. The only thing to note was how extremely calm the… Read more →
CTP: Blog 5 – Layover in Venice, Florida
Monday, May 9 we lifted anchor from St. Pete and made our way (motoring due to low headwinds) down the Florida west coast to Venice. I stayed up at the helm while the Captain was able to get a bunch of things done around the boat. Then just 4.77 nm out from the Venice Inlet our engine light went on. It… Read more →
CTP: Blog 4 – Crossing to St. Petersburg
By early afternoon of May 6, 2016, the Captain had finished up a few last minute errands in Pensacola and we pushed off from the dock for a 280 mile crossing through the Gulf of Mexico to St. Petersburg, Florida. Weather was finally good again, blue skies and calm seas. Winds were a bit on the light side, but we weren’t… Read more →
CTP: Blog 3 – Portage Creek to Pensacola
Another early start during sunrise got us out and back onto the ICW, headed towards Pensacola, Florida. We crossed under the Daughin Island Bridge and through the heavy fog that we had hoped wasn’t a squall. The wind had clocked around to the north so we were able to raise the sails and turn off the motor finally. Soon we… Read more →
Crewing To Panama – Welcome aboard the boat!
I arrived at the airport in New Orleans late in the evening on April 28, 2016. Walking into baggage claim I saw the Captain there waiting to greet me. We got my bags and headed straight to the boat. I don’t really know what New Orleans is like and I didn’t really get to see it either since it was so… Read more →