After enjoying Christmas in Minneapolis, we returned to the boat with Rose. We made our way south to meet Kate and then made our way to the Keys…

We left Charleston early in the morning on December 12 with a planned 30 plus hour trip outside to St. Augustine, FL. We were able to sail a bit and motor sail quite a bit. It was an uneventful overnight passage to the St. Augustine Inlet…

We got back to Tilia and made our way from North Carolina to Charleston with our daughter, Grace. Our route took us on the ICW and the open ocean…

We had a little extra time in our schedule because we finished our haul on schedule, so we made a side trip to visit Okracoke…

We took Tilia to a yard to remove her from the water so we could do some important work. Four days later, it was all done…

The end of the Annapolis sailboat show started the stampede south. We joined in, enjoying some sailing, and stopping at a few places we haven’t see before…

We had a great time at the show with friends old and new, learned new things about our sails and boat, and now are happy to head south…

Connecticut to Annapolis was our first offshore passage on Tilia. We had a safe passage and were able to make very fast time to Annapolis…

We made our way to New London, CT where we had a marina reservation. This allowed Jim to complete some important boat projects while Anne was in Minneapolis.

After leaving Martha’s Vineyard, our first stop was back to Block Island. We encountered a thunderstorm on the way and were fortunate that the main impact on us was some moderate rain. The story was a little different in the Great Salt Pond of Block Island…