Sailing the Bay Breeze again!

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After too long a hiatus from sailing on Bay Breeze, we are thrilled to resume our cruising adventures.

With some excellent upgrades and maintenance by Sailor's Wharf Boat Yard in St. Pete, our Shannon Shoalsailer is ready to go. A new bow thruster has proven to be a worthwhile investment to reduce the anxiety of maneuvering and docking in tight marinas.






We had many excellent experiences on AQUAVIT and she served us well for our trips up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, all the way to Eastport, Maine and Campabello Island, Canada. We enjoyed visiting ports and friends along the way and met many interesting people.

Our travels are chronicled in our previous blogs. But now AQUAVIT is placed with a broker in Naples awaiting new captains. She's an excellent powerboat, but our hearts ride on the wind.



Disembarking at Cape Horm from the Stella Outsells

Now we have been to both ends of the Pan Am Highway
- from Deadhorse, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.


While we were absent from Bay Breeze we visited Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia and a highlight for all sailors - Cape Horn, albeit on a Smithsonian Journeys Travel Tour. Glad to have friends Wilson and Mikey join us and we met some wonderful folks. Kudos to our great tour manager, Ivan Bustamanté.

Now we can say we've seen the Southern Cross for the first time.

Cape Horn
World Heritage Monument
Magnificent Iguazú Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil


Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia Chile

The harbor at Ushuaia, Argentina - southernmost town on the planet. Surely a hardy lot of sailors!


MV Stella Austrailis off Magdelena Island penguin rookery on the Magellan Straits.

So we resume our wanderings with BayBreeze berthed in Placida near Boca Grande. We meet up with Pat and Judy who have graciously made provisions for us to stay at the exclusive Useppa Island Club. We meet them and Linda and Michael for a few days of camaraderie in the exotic luxury of this historic island getaway.


From there, we will head to old cruising waters in the Florida Keys.... Marathon, Backcountry, Dry Tortugas. And, if the weather window opens we will make our first crossing of the Gulf Stream to visit the Bahamas - a place and people we love.

So happy sails 'til we meet again!

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 03.05.2020

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