Long Passage Norfolk to New York, we are in Hop-O-Nose now

We have an awesome weather to do the passage from Norfolk to New York, 2 nights in the ocean.

We are posting the photos now the story will come soon..

Today Saber Tooth will cruising as a Power Boat..

Captain was busy working on deck, fixing the starboard light

We were at Waterside Marina, facing the city of Norfolk

Anchored at Willoughby Bay, watching the sunset

We were leaving Norfolk

Long passage for Captain..sleepy?

Surrounding by Dolphins

Leaving Norfolk together with Mytyfyne

Entering New York Harbour at dawn

It took 4 hours to get here from the entrance channel

Mooring at 79th Street Yacht Basin

Strolling in New York

Cruising Hudson River

One night in Highland Landing

Look carefully where you go, don't hit this floating stump

Working hard preparing the demasting

Norfolk...waiting for the next weather window

It has been a while that we have had the time and energy to do some updates here. The engine project and the heat has been quite tiring ... but now we are much further north and a little cooler in the evenings ...

These images and comments are for updating our passage from Fernandina Beach, June 11 until today, June 22. We are in Norfolk, Virginia, at Waterside Marina.

We left Fernandina Beach on June 11 and took outside route from Fernandina Beach, Florida (SM 717) to Charleston, South Carolina (SM 465), it's about 260 miles. It took us about 20 hours.

The sunset is always spectacular in the middle of ocean..

We met again Crackerjack (Ray and Bonnie) in Charleston. We shared a great evening and dinner together.

Just few miles in the entrance of Charleston we hit a log..so here we are again..arranging to haul the boat to check the propeller

I don't think we can fit in between these monster ships..

We found Pierside boat yard to haul Saber Tooth.

It took 2 days to fix the propeller, launched the boat again and move on ...

We decided to take the ICW since the weather window was not good for an outside passage ...

Natures wonder along the ICW

We were in Morehead City, North Carolina, dinner at Sanitary Restaurant, sitting on the patio and watching this Laughing Seagul flying around looked for crumbs..

The storm was approaching us while we were cruising in Pungo River

Tied up at Great Bridge before the lock

We met Christine and Peter Watson, Mytyfyne, travelled together until Norfolk

We spent the afternoon in the Nautical Museum .. home of the Battleship Wisconsin. They also had displays on the oceans and weather ... it is really well done.

This 4 foot long moray eel is like the one that we were snorkling with in the Bahamas, on Jeep Reef with Bob and Judy. The only difference was that the Jeep Reef one was bigger.

Don't forget to check our Mermaid Story

A tough passage to Coinjock

Travel is going well ... we rae in Virginia now and moving northward. We progress with our new engine.

From Charleston meeting CrakerJack (Bonnie and Ray) and had a wondwerful dinner and evening with them. They left Charleston moving northward to the Chesapeke.

June 20: left Pungo River Anchorage 127.5 Mile at 07:30, of course the weather was good .. and forecast better .. but you know ... subject to change. By the time we arrive in Albemrale Sound the wind was at 30 knotts and gusting to 35 knotts .. (that is about 40 miles per hour or 65 km/hr gusts). But Saber Tooth got us through another day. Updates coming more oftern now. Hope to be in Norfolk, VA tomorrow.

June 8 - In the water, sea trials and reassembly

Well finally we are a boat again .... in the water with a new engine installed, tested and sea trials ... reaching hull speed at 2500 RPM and a maximum RPM of 3200. We will stay with this propeller pitch for the engine breakin and see about changing it higher next haul out. Currently the prop is pitched 18" X 16.6" (that is 18" diameter X 16.6" in pitch). Will post pictures tomorrow.

Ready to Launch - no your not!

Well the big day finally came ... went to launch the boat for sea trials ... travel lift comes over ready for a high tide lift ... start to lift the boat and the hull keel joint cracks!