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 →
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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 2 – Mississippi Sound
We spent two nights in Gulfport, Mississippi resting up and waiting out some nasty weather. The Captain made a couple small repairs while I downloaded some music and podcasts for the passage (a handful of TED talks, a Czech Language podcast, and some Nahko Bear and Trevor Hall for music). By early morning of May 2nd, while I slept in, the… 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 →
Stevie Vagabond on Patreon
Message from the Vagabond: Well I am currently on the boat in Florida, about to set sail to Panama, via Cuba and Providencia. I am in the process of working on a few projects for all of you, but without the proper equipment it hasn’t been easy. While in the United States I was able to use the constant resources… Read more →
Livingston, Montana – Finding Hope in Tragedy
On April 11th Gustaff, my parents, and I set off on a long drive towards Livingston, Montana. The speed limit was high and the roads were winding. We made a few stops for some wonderful views and a lot of pee breaks (we were well hydrated), and this caused us to spend a lot of time driving after daylight. We… Read more →
Washington State – Visitors from Canada!
For the first time in as long as I can remember I was having a bad allergic reaction to, I’m guessing, all the pollen in the air. So when we arrived on April 6th in Gig Harbor, Washington, just outside of Tacoma, I went straight to bed for an hour long nap. I woke up feeling a bit better, but… Read more →
Portland – Coffee, laughter and a yurt.
Not having Romi with me was and still is an adjustment, but life must continue and there is just so much to be grateful for. On our way to Portland, Oregon Gustaff and I decided to hop off the I-5 and get over to Hwy 101. The only road we found was Hwy 36 through a thick forest. It was such… Read more →
California Continued – LA, Visalia, Sacramento
Continuing in California: On our way to LA we took a short break in Santa Barbara to see the Santa Barbara Mission and the Stearns Wharf. We arrived at our apartment for the night in Los Angeles, unable to avoid traffic, just before sunset on March 21st after dropping Gustaff off at his friends home. The drive had exhausted us,… Read more →