Floriana

This morning we received several bits of news…some good, some bad, some worse. Questa mattina riceviamo notizie che vanno dal incoraggianti a molto pessimiste. The morning started out like most mornings. I wake up at 6:00 a.m. and make coffee. Then I sit in the cockpit and watch the rest of the world wake up,…

La navigazione regala ore di piacere…. interrotte da momenti di puro panico!! We woke up to the news that a tropical disturbance would be passing alongside the southeast coast of the US. These kind of weather events can become strong and menacing, or they can fizzle out into nothing to worry about. But when you…

It has been 30 days since we set sail from our home in New York. So far, we’ve had a slow and enjoyable voyage down the east coast of the United States….and today wasn’t any different. We went passed many areas of marsh and wetland, to the point where it was becoming almost boring. Sono…

We’re on our way to Georgetown and I’m starting to realize how far south we really are now. Stiamo proseguendo per Georgetown in Sud Carolina e mi rendo conto quanto ci stiamo spingendo alle latitudini sud di questo paese. Moss is on the trees! Il muschio, tipico del sud degli Stati Uniti, pende dagli alberi!…

The trip from St. James Marina in Southport to Marina at Grande Dunes in North Myrtle Beach was uneventful but pretty. Il viaggio da St. James Marina in Southport al Marina di Grande Dunes a North Myrtle Beach è stato semplice e piacevole. The ICW was lined with lovely homes and pretty coves. L’ICW era…

Now I know why they call this place Cape FEAR. Ora so perché chiamano questo posto Cape FEAR (tradotto… Capo della Paura! From the anchorage at Mansboro Inlet, we re-entered the ICW at mile 285. I felt like we were on a highway driving a car: first we made a left onto the ICW, then…

Floriana came out of Hammock Bay this morning at about 8:30 a.m. ahead of all the other sailboats in the anchorage. A warm breeze greeted us on our way out and, for the first time in a long time, there were no menacing clouds in the sky. Leaving buoy G13 on our starboard side, we…

Happy Halloween! I can’t help but miss being at home for Halloween and giving out candy to the neighborhood kids that knock on my door. Actually, I have a butler that comes out once a year, specifically on Halloween, to help me give away candy….and he wears a mask for protection against Covid because at…

We departed Oriental after a hardy breakfast and crossed the Neuse River and entered Adams Creek. This narrow stretch of the ICW was lined with beautiful homes whose view was of the water and the nature preserve beyond. Siamo partiti da Oriental dopo una robusta colazione e abbiamo attraversato il fiume Neuse entrando in Adams…

This morning I woke up and, while having the first coffee of the day, I noticed we were docked across for The Happy Little House Under the Bridge! Questa mattina mi sono svegliato e, mentre prendevo il primo caffè della giornata, ho notato dall’altra sponda del fiume una Piccola Casetta Sorridente sotto al Ponte! Today…