Rum Cay: New Guy Harvey Outpost Marina

See this LINK for the news on Rum Cay Sumner Point Marina

http://guyharvey.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/newest-guy-harvey-outpost-club-to-open-on-rum-cay-bahamas/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! 2012!!!!!!!!!

Wade and I wish you and your loved ones smooth sailing, blue skies and pristine waters in the coming year.  We had a most lovely Christmas in November with Wade's family in Iowa and again in Costa Rica with Maureen's family surfing, fishing and eating.  Santa was very good at bringing gifts all the way from India and Nepal, so Wade was very happy with his elephant t-shirt, book ends and ornate table runner.

New Years Eve at Coconut Grove Sailing Club was a blast.  Dinner and dancing and sparkly crowns made for a very festive evening.  After midnight we went out for a sail on Jeff's boat "Moon Glow" and enjoyed a balmy night on satin calm waters returning home at 5:00 a.m.!

Ordering the last of the equipment like a furler, stay and storm sail and preparing for our voyage south and waiting in anticipation of the arrival of Maureen's new surfboard that Wade ordered from Walden (whoot whoot!) 

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (1889)

by Eugene Field

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
   Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
   Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
   The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
   That live in this beautiful sea;
   Nets of silver and gold have we!”
                     Said Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
   As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
   Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
   That lived in that beautiful sea—
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish—
   Never afeard are we”;
   So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw
   To the stars in the twinkling foam—
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
   Bringing the fishermen home;
’T was all so pretty a sail it seemed
   As if it could not be,
And some folks thought ’t was a dream they’d dreamed
   Of sailing that beautiful sea—
   But I shall name you the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
   And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
   Is a wee one’s trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
   Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
   As you rock in the misty sea,
   Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

Back in Forida, Sweet St. Augustine

I got balls!  Argh!  Balls of steel!
(After 3000 miles at sea...)

 

Savannah, Georgia

Safe harbour in beautiful Savannah, Georgia.  Savannah is built around a couple of dozen squares with park and green area, fountains and statues and surrounded by centuries old mansions, antique shops and ghosts!  An insular old town with a lot of secrets.

Dock space for 5 boats in the old port.

Beautiful sites around every corner.

The center of one of the squares.

Spanish Moss on Live Oak

The infamous Mercer House.  Read "In the Garden of Good and Evil"

Southport, North Carolina

Don't worry...this is NOT us!

there is no cutting corners!

Southport, North Carolina
Pirate Party!

B&B in Annapolis while the boat was hauled out to replace the cutlass bearing and put in a thru hull.

Intercostal Waterway Lock in the Dismal Swamp, North Carolina.  20 boats packed in!

pirate ship

Elizabeth City Voted the Most Welcoming!!!
If 5 boats come in at the same time the townspeople welcome us with wine and cheese and the women get roses!   Karen at the grocery store picked up cruisers at the dock and brought us back!