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Stepping Back in Time on Tangier Island
We first talked about the possibility of visiting Tangier Island by sailboat several years ago, but I didn’t think we’d actually get around to it any time soon. So when we decided that we had run out of time to spend the summers in New England and would instead explore the Chesapeake Bay, we knew…
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Little Bay and its “Pirate’s Beach”
While we were a little sad to leave Urbanna behind, we knew that other new and exciting destinations were ahead of us. Just 23.1 nautical miles back out of the Rappahannock River and up and around the southeastern tip of Virginia’s Northern Neck lies Little Bay. A large anchorage with protection on three sides, marshes…
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Unwinding in Urbanna
Urbanna was our first town destination of the cruise, and boy, was it a good one! Historically fascinating for such a small town, Native Americans settled the area around 1,000 BC. Much later in 1680, it was established as a colonial port town. Like on other rivers in Virginia, early colonists built plantations that allowed…
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Gone to Godfrey Bay, VA
After two nights on the Ware River, we weighed anchor and headed toward Deltaville on the northeastern most portion of Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. After a glorious 32.9 nautical mile sail with light winds and a comfortable sea state, we arrived in Godfrey Bay, an anchorage we were already familiar with. Winds overnight were forecasted to…
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Anchored on the Ware River
As long as we’ve lived on the Chesapeake Bay, I can’t believe we had never sailed to Mobjack Bay! We’ve talked about it for years, so when we decided we were going to spend the rest of the summer on the Bay, it just made sense. When you enter Mobjack Bay, you can anchor in…
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Time to Untie the Lines Again
After nearly four months back at the dock, it was time to untie the lines and head back out to sea. Since returning from our 3.5 month cruise to Key West and back over the winter, we were itching to explore again. After weeks of final preparations (including last minute boat projects along with West…
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Our First News Interview!
This spring we were contacted by South Carolina Voyager, an LA-based magazine that highlights creatives and allows them to tell their inspiring story. We could hardly believe we were presented with this incredible opportunity to share how we took a risk and dared to live life differently. Living aboard a sailboat hasn’t been without its…
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Bringing Mystic Hearts Home
Finally, on September 4th over Labor Day weekend we took possession of Mystic Hearts and brought her to her new home port. It felt a little intimidating driving a boat this large at first (14 feet longer than the last boat we owned and 6 feet longer than the largest boat we’ve chartered), but we…
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Selling Our House
Last July, before we sold our house and took the leap living aboard, our realtor advised us to get a storage unit and begin moving items out of the house that were cluttering it. She said it would help show the home better so that it could sell faster. We trusted her judgment and began…
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Our First Sailing Lesson (2010)
In early 2010, we took our first sailboat lesson in Raleigh on a Sunfish. We had a blast learning how to maneuver a small boat. This experience led us to buying our first sailboat two short years later.
Sailing Mystic Hearts
Sailing the U.S. East Coast & Bahamas Since 2020!
Sailing Mystic Hearts 