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A Shocking Development: The Cure for Seasickness?

-Words by Lucy. Inspiration (fear and suffering) courtesy of the ocean.  November 15, 2016. Night 3 of a 4 night passage. 1AM. Pitch black. Confused seas. Desperate unhappiness.  The cold wind chases me inside to do my watch from the salon. I stare out the front windows. My...

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Captain Hastings Visits St. Augustine

We really enjoyed our week-long stay in St Augustine. The City Marina had extensive damage from Hurricane Irma this year and had very limited dockage. As a result, they were limiting stays on their mooring balls to one week. That’s probably good because we might have stayed all...

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Merry Christmas to all! Your gift: a recycled blog post!

December 25, 2017 -- Vero Beach, Florida Merry Christmas to everyone out there from Matt, Lucy and Hastings Happy holidays from Vero Beach Capt. Matt -- There is absolutely nothing I love more than reading Lucy's old posts on this blog! Today as a special treat I want to share...

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Running the ICW: 10 Tips for Newbies

Matt: “Why is that guy hugging that green channel marker so closely?” CRASH. Lucy: “Gosh, that catamaran looks way out of the channel!” CRASH! Fun fact, when only one keel of a catamaran runs aground, it spins violently! Pretty fun to smugly watch from a free floating vessel...

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Photos from ICW Southbound 2017

We are a bit behind in blogging, so we thought we'd catch up this week with a trip down memory lane (for us) of our migration south along the ICW. We were in a bit of a rush; we didn't stop to explore many new places or take...

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