Cat Cay Yacht Club Bahamas

Hello to all... Both of us woke very early this morning... so excited.. could not sleep... we shoved off from Port Everglades at 6:37 am.. This is the first leg of our journey... we have traveled,now, almost 1,000 miles since we left Morehead City, NC...It has been exciting, hard, so many emotions come to mind.. but all worth it.... NOAA said it would be 2 footers,7-14 out of the SE...WRONG... and it was on the nose an honest 4-6ft waves... made for an intersting passage... Needless to say, Mamma and Cats were GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! After 7 and one half hours, we arrived into Cat Cay Yacht Club Marina,, a private island...It is very beautiful.. can't begin to tell you how wonderful the water is .... Did not make many pics yet.. but more will come....SeaVeyor did wonderful....we proceeded to get settled in, got all the salt off of her, and are preparing dinner as we speak..Customs is allowing us to stay for six months to enjoy this journey... as we hunt for lobster and when they run out.. will fish!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are heading to Chub Kay if the weather holds.. if not, we will run to Bimini and explore a few days there while waiting on weather....Now let me explain an earlier sentence... Mamma would not have gotten green, but realized that I needed to secure things a little better below and was worried about the cats and I stayed down longer than I should have....that's what got me! Duh.... live and learn.... Can't wait to see the sunrise here... Made a pic of the inlet here with the little lighthouse... the marina and the SeaVeyor at her dock...and our flags coming in, which were the Bahamina Courtesy Flag and our Quarantine flag until we were passed thru Customs...
Ok... seem to be having trouble uploading my pics... will send these later... sorry about that...
Merry Christmas to all.... Dwayne and Linda

Stuart to Port Everglades

Friday Dec. 11th

Left Stuart under overcast skies..made our way down pass Jupiter and then down to the Lake Park Marina to dock for a couple of hours and run errands. The errands took longer than expected and we stayed overnite. ( weather was iffy too) Next morning made our way down the ICW to the Lantana area and anchored out.. it was pouring rain.. Dwayne got his shower for the day!! Using our little snipe antenna, we were able to find internet access and were able to watch the last episode of "Survior"...along with a wonderful grilled meal!

Waking up Sunday to a beautiful day and continued on down the Ditch (ICW) Can you say mile after mile after mile of Mega Mansions????????WOW...... Not to mention all the bridges we had to wait on... Thank goodness we could drop the antenna for some of these...While sitting at the Sunrise Blvd. bridge, we caught up to the SeaFox, she is a beautiful 58 Katy Krogen ( Dwayne had helped them dock back at Lake Park). They gave us a heads up on some local knowledge anchoring in Ft. Lauderdale... We decided to try this and anchored with them and some other cruisers they knew , for the nite....The couple from "RollsDoc", a 48 trawler, picked us up and dingeyed us over to SeaFox and we all had a great dinner...They filled us in on all of "their" likes and dislikes about the islands and other helpful bits of information..They left out last evening for a nite cruise over... We shoved off this am and are now at Port Everglades at the HarborTowne Marina... doing the last of the last of the things before shoving off in the am....I am so excited!!!!!!

Once over there, I'm not sure how often I will have wifi internet access, but will keep blog updated as much as I can.... and hope to post much better pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've attached a few of the mansions, bridges, etc...and some of the areas where we anchored......even got one of the Good Year Blimp over Ft. Lauderdale area! Look close at the one of the Bascule Bridge up... you will see boats lined up to go under... uh, sometimes it's a little hairy figuring out who thinks they have the right away first!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the one of the Katy Krogen is the "SeaFox" , waiting behind us at the Sunrise bridge in Lauderdale.

Bless you all and Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Linda and Dwayne

Stuart, Florida

Good Morning to All,

We arrived in Stuart on Tuesday afternoon after a short trip from Ft. Pierce. It was sunny, breezy and 85 degrees... wonderful.. When we arrived there was a Sailfish Tournament going on, one that has been going on for 56 years... Awesome Sportfish boats all around.. Each evening they pulled in with their flags flying ( to designate how many catch and releases) The sportfish just to our stern was the SeaCheck, and she was in the lead! I also got to watch them all go out each morning around 6:30 am... They don't have to leave as early as the Morehead City guys since they are right on top of the Gulf Stream here...Anyway, it's been fun watching. Today is the last day of the tournament...

While here, we have been preparing for our jump off to the islands...It finally sinks in that you are "cruisers" when you make two trips to Wal-Mart , 5 full shopping carts! I would have bet the farm that we could not have gotten all those supplies on the Seaveyor, but heck, we have room for more!!!!!!!!! She is an awesome vessel that was designed perfectly! Go Don and Janice( original builders/owners) Dwayne has been busy with maintenance, oil changes, filter changes, engine checks, generator checks,etc...

We are leaving today for Palm Beach for one more parts stop and few more provisions..... waiting on a good weather window, which we think we will have first of week and then our jump off. Our current plans are to arrive in Bimini, then to the Berrys, and then down to Exumas... The Seaveyor is loaded down with lots of things from all of our friends.... Soula just sent me a huge box of Baclava(probably spelled that wrong) it's the wonderful Greek pastry that she makes each year around the Holidays... still have lots of Feta Cheese... and all the fun things we were given at take off and along the way... Thank you all... And remember, we love company, you'll just have to share the berth with a cat or two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've attached a few pics of leaving Ft.Pierce, some of the Sportfish guys, etc...

Daytona to Ft. Pierce, Florida

Good Morning to all!

I keep thinking, Who Stole the Sun???Our trip from St.Augustine to Daytona was cold,wet, windy. We dropped anchor just south of one of the Daytona bridges for the nite... What a ride.. but my Captain had us secure with the anchor! Got up the next day and weather was still nasty... Decided to shove off late morning and headed towards Titusville... wish I had more pics to post but not much to see in the wind and rain... although the porpoises and ospreys were plentiful... A few ospreys posed nicely for me , but the porpoises have not been as cooperative.. I'm usually getting their tails!!!

Made it to Titusville just before sunset.. we actually did see the sun poke through the clouds! Still cold and breezy.. We anchored out just across from the Titusville Marina... Not a bad anchorage... to our surprise and delight, we heard chatter on the radio that there may be a rocket launched that nite....NASA did launch one around 8:47 pm.... what an awesome sight!! And then to hear the sonic boom about 3 minutes later... WOW... it was like having front row seats!!!

Next morning we shoved off for Melboure, made it in to anchor again just south of Melbourne's bridge for another good nite of rest...still cool and windy..can't remember the last time I wore shorts and a tee-shirt!

Along the way we pass other cruisers that we have seen at anchor or along the ICW.. The Seaveyor is a little faster than most!! I keep their names and descriptions in my daily journal in hopes to be able to know who they are, etc in the future..

Can not begin to explain to all of you what an adventure this is.. The ICW is challenging! I'm really learning a lot and , well, still have work to do on my knots,but trying to do my part each time we anchor and dock... My Captain runs a , uh, TIGHT ship, ha, if you know what I mean..

But each and every day that I learn something new, I'm proud!!

Woke up to a beautiful sunrise at our anchorage in Melbourne, made a pic and then it turned cloudy again... had a little rain along the way to Ft. Pierce...We decided to dock at Ft.Pierce instead of anchoring out... catch up on emails, etc, provisions, etc....Met a nice cruising couple that were docked next to us and they delighted us with their travels and adventures... It finally felt like Florida last evening...no sweater or jacket!!!!!!!!!!!! Woke up this am to a nice , warm, sunrise... but, alas, it's pouring out as I type this...But it's warm!!!!!!!! and expected to clear up.. We will shove off soon for the Stuart area,it will be a short run... From there... we may cut over or may cut over from Miami.. my Captain is not certain yet....

So, more to come! sorry for sucy lousy pics... But hope to do more in better weather..

More news at 11.............

Jacksonville/St. Augustine

After leaving beautiful Cumberland Island, we made our way to Jacksonville, took care of a few errands, and made our way to St. Augustine, Florida. We sat out some of the iffy weather at Oyster Creek Marina, located up the San Sebastian River... we were very protected and the staff here were great!! Got a few more projects done and errands..Hope to visit the historical downtown area this evening...and then off again in the am... The photos that I attached is a beautiful osprey just outside of St. Augustine, The Bridge of Lions (which is under construction/repair ), and the famous Cross... another Bald Eagle (little far away) and the St. Augustine Lighthouse... The weather was iffy and little grey and foggy, but... what the heck... made the pics anyway...take care!!

Cumberland Island Sunset

We took the dinghy back to the Seaveyor after walking the island and enjoyed the rest of the warm afternoon...and a beautiful sunset....

Cumberland Island (cont)

Hey again, you can only post so many images at a time.. here are a few more!!