Category: Cruising
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Returning to St. Michaels, MD
As much as we love Solomon’s Island and always have a blast there, we were excited to leave because it meant we were headed to St. Michaels, another favorite stop of ours in the northern portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Winds were unfortunately too light to get our boat moving, so we had to motor…
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Relaxing at Solomon’s Island
We progressed further north up the Chesapeake Bay after leaving St. Mary’s City to visit one of our favorite towns on the Bay: Solomons Island. In fact, Solomons is our most frequently visited cruising stop. We love walking the long island and checking out the old homes. Autumn is our favorite time of the year…
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Sailing to St. Mary’s City, MD
After a productive work week in Onancock, it was time to head further north and cross over the Maryland border. The conditions were perfect for flying the Code Zero most of the way until just outside the St. Mary’s River when we did a sail change for the final few miles. St. Mary’s City is…
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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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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…
Sailing Mystic Hearts 