In Myrtle Beach

We are home, but missing home.  Since we left Marathon, we have had so much rain and cold, we want to go back.  But, on the way here, we have made a plan to finish our 1 bedroom oceanfront unit and rent that out now.  We mentioned before, that we decided to go with a bigger boat to live aboard 12 months out of the year.  Instead of having a condo sit waiting for us to use a few weeks out of the year, we are going to now rent it out. We figure a couple of months of work and we can head back out on Yasmine Ann again.

Due to big wind and seas, we have been doing all ICW running except from Hilton Head to Charleston.  Don't know if we left Florida too early, or this is normal, but the winds keep coming out of the north and bringing rain and cold weather.  Our big boat cruises under power at 7.5 knots, so we are near trawler speed.  When motor sailing, we run just one engine and both without the sail.  The mainsail provides the extra 2 knots that the second engine does.  Each engine burns about 0.8 gallons per hour.

We have a couple of big events coming up.  Tommy and Ashley with a Doctorate of Pharmacy in May.  And Rochelle is marrying Kevin in June.    

We plan on many projects with the boat as well and will keep our blog updated with pictures of everything.  Once the condo is done, we will head north for an end of summer adventure and then we are heading to the Bahamas for the first time.  We plan to spend November and December in the Abacos.

 Cool looking military boats near Savannah.