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Our Second Sailing
Season was onboard our first boat, Dream On, a Beneteau
Oceanis 430 |
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Our plan to travel further afield to the British Virgin
Islands during 2005/2006 was scuppered by transmission failure in Norfolk in
November 2005.
This was followed by a prolonged installation of new engine and
transmission, then some teething problems with the new
installation. We finally left the USA from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 1st April 2006.
During the short season we explored the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos,
returning to The Bahamas via the remote Hogsty Reef and Crooked Island.
Simon joined us in Nassau for a weeks sailing in the Exumas.
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15 to 20 July 2006 |
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Brunswick,
Georgia |
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Sailed Dream On back into Brunswick
Landing Marina for storage during the summer 2006 hurricane season before driving to Toronto
and flying back to UK. |
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23 June to 15 July
2006 |
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Cape Canaveral |
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Cape Canaveral seemed a good choice of entry to the USA.
An easy, though busy, entry channel. A Customs port of entry, and a marina
that could haul the boat. Little did we know we would be there for three
weeks! A Shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral on July 4th was an unexpected
benefit. |
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20 to 22 June
2006 |
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Back to USA
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A 48 hour trip from Nassau to Port
Canaveral, with a real
weather mixture from calm seas and low wind to a roller coaster ride up the
(rough) Gulf Stream. |
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11 to 18 June 2006 |
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Simon's visit |
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Iza's son Simon arrives in Nassau on 11th
June for a week. A quick run south again to The Exumas, returning to Nassau on 17th. Simon flew out of
Nassau on 18 June. |
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7 to 10 June 2006 |
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George Town to
Nassau |
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After 3 days in George Town
awaiting some nasty weather, we headed north, via Big Farmer's Cay, Norman's
Cay and Athol Island to Nassau. Squalls followed us all the way, with a real
nasty catching us at Big Farmer's Cay. |
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30 May to 4 June
2006 |
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Clarence Town, Long Island, Conception and George Town |
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Motored from Landrail Point on
Crooked Island to Clarence Town on Long Island. Change of intended route due
to a problem with our propeller. Two nights in Clarence Town then sailed to
Conception Island. Planned a week at Conception but with bad weather looming we moved to George Town on Great Exuma Island. |
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10 to 30 May 2006 |
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Hogsty Reef & Crooked island area |
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Overnight sail from Turks & Caicos
to Hogsty Reef, a coral atoll in SE Bahamas. Three nights at Hogsty Reef
then on to the Crooked Island area. |
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30 April to 10 May |
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Turks &
Caicos Islands |
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First visit to the Turks & Caicos
Islands.
Visited Providenciales and West Caicos. Good diving. See our
diving page. |
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31 March to 30 April 2006 |
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Bahamas 2006
southbound |
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Crossing the Gulf Stream from Fort
Lauderdale to the Bahama Banks and on to Nassau and the Exumas.
A slow run through the Exumas to George Town. Then positioned out to
Conception for a 48 hour run to the Turks & Caicos Islands. |
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2 January to 20 March 2006 |
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ICW
Charleston, SC to Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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Charleston to Brunswick, with
increasing engine temperatures, low batteries and a suspect new
transmission. An arrival to be remembered in Brunswick and seven weeks to
sort it out.
Outside run Brunswick to Fort Pierce. Visit to Vero Beach, then south on
the ICW to Fort Lauderdale. |
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22 December to 31 December |
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ICW
Norfolk
to Charleston, SC. |
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A cold, cold journey down the ICW.
Ice on the creeks, ice inside the cabin. Christmas Day in Beaufort, NC, New
Year in Charleston, SC. |
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22 November to 22 December |
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Portsmouth, Virginia |
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New engine and transmission
required! Weather cooling down. Christmas approaching! |
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19 to 21 November
2006 |
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Down Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk,
Virginia |
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Our journey from St. Mary's River,
off the Potomac to our adrenalin rush arrival in Norfolk. |
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6 to 18 November
2006 |
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The Potomac River & Washington
DC. |
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South from Annapolis, then into the Potomac River
and on to Washington DC, 92 miles upriver and return. A visit to Mount
Vernon 15 miles south of Washington. |
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26 October to 6 November
2006 |
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Annapolis, Maryland |
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Crossed Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis.
Carol & Bob left us in Annapolis. We remained in Annapolis to upgrade our
alternator and for Iza's ribs to repair from a fall. |
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23 to 24 October
2006 |
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Chestertown to St Michael's |
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Motored down the Chester River,
through Kent Island Narrows to St. Michaels. Two nights at anchor in very
wet, rough conditions, before crossing the Chesapeake to Annapolis. |
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10 to 22 October 2005 |
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Chestertown, Maryland |
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We returned to Chestertown and
Dream On, to prepare her for our second season of cruising. Launched Dream
On on 21 October. Joined by Geoff's sister and brother-in-law, Carol & Bob. |
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