Heading south - September through November

Trip dates: 
Monday, September 22, 2025 to Saturday, November 15, 2025
Trip length: 
22 days
Type of watercraft: 
Sail

Monday September 22 - 1 day

Sailed from Lankford Bay Marina to Tighlman Creek off the Eastern Bay - transiting through Kent Narrows.

Wednesday September 24 - 1 day

Sailed from Tighlman Creek to Mill Creek in Solomons

Friday September 26 - 1 day

Sailed from Mill Creek to Jackson Creek off of the Piankatank River

Saturday, September 27 - 1 day

Sailed from Jackson Creek to Tidewater Marina in Portsmouth

Thursday, October 2 - 1 day

Sailed from Tidewater Marina to Great Bridge, VA - stayed on the free dock. We were one of the last boats through before the Great Bridge bridge broke!

Friday, October 3 - 1 day

Sailed from Great Bridge to Coinjock - stayed at Coinjock marina. Tried the legendary “prime rib” - not a fan!

Saturday, October 4 - 1 day

Sailed from Coinjock to the Tuckahoe Point Anchorage at the bottom of the Alligator River

Sunday, October 5 - 1 day

Sailed from the Alligator River to Gale Creek (just before Bay River in NC)

Monday, October 6 - 1 day

Sailed from Gale Creek to Beaufort Docks in Beaufort, NC

Monday, October 13 - 1 day

Sailed from Beaufort Docks to Miles Hammock Bay

Tuesday, October 14 - 1 day

Sailed from Miles Hammock Bay to Carolina Beach where we picked up a mooring ball.

Wednesday, October 15 - Thursday October 16  - 2 days (overnight)

Sailed from Carolina Beach out through Cape Fear down the Atlantic with buddy boat “whiskey” and heading in Port Royal Sound to Safe Harbor Skull Creek. Engine broke - Whiskey had to tow us in. Repowered here is Skull Creek.

Friday, October 31 - Saturday, November 1 - 2 days (overnight)

Left Skull Creek and went out Port Royal Sound - sailing in the Atlantic down to St. Mary’s Inlet/Sound, where we went in to Tiger Point Marina - we had to have the mixing elbow rewelded as it broke during the passage - towed in by Towboat US

Saturday, November 8 - Sunday, November 9 - 2 days (overnight)

Left Tiger Point Marina - out St. Mary’s Inlet/Sound and down the Atlantic to Ponce de Leon Inlet and on to Titusville Municipal Marina.

Monday November 11 - 1 day

Sailed from Titusville Marina to Telemar Bay Marina on the Banana River, where I repaired the dripless on the prop shaft.

Wednesday, November 12 - 1 day

Sailed down the ICW from Telemar Bay Marina to St. Pierce Marina

Thursday, November 13 - Friday November 14 - 2 days (overnight)

Sailed out Ft. Pierce Inlet (a bit scary) out into the Atlantic and down to an anchorage just outside Tavernier Key

Saturday, November 15 - 1 day

Sailed from our anchorage outside Tavernier Key into Boot Key Harbor in Marathon where we picked up mooring ball L7