We stayed near the river in Limerick. Being mariners now we look at the water and ask water questions. We started to notice there were...

So much fun in Ireland! Our stop in Cork was at the Marybourough Spa & Resort. We've never really stayed at spas, but it was certainly...

We are planning to take trains as much as we can on this trip. Our first stop after Dublin is Killarnery, and in Irish Cill Airne. On our...

We spent three nights in Dublin. Our first day we arrived in the afternoon and were able to do a quick ride on the Hop on Hop off to...

We traveled to Chicago to see our daughter graduate from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with her MBA. Our daughter...

After the Sparkling Star arrived at her home port, we started the process of selling her. We spent about 10 days moving off our...

Our beloved Sparkling Star now has a new owner. She was our first boat love. We are so grateful to have her part of our lives supporting...

Our final journey on our Great Loop was a bit surreal. We decided it was important to fly our gold burgee as we had already crossed our...

We left Coan River Marina at first light for our short journey to Colonial Beach. We love seeing the sunrise as we start our boating...

We had a wonderfully calm day to travel from Hampton to Coan River, Virginia in the Potomac. We left at our usual early morning first...

We started an early morning trip and the water was spectacular. We love our early morning departures. We got to see all the Navy shops in...

Along with good weather, timing the bridges in critical to get through. The three bridges had opening on the hour and 1/2 hour. The...

We waited for a perfect weather day to do our crossing to Coinjock across the Albermoro sound. We started early in the morning so we...

We had a spectacularly smooth ride to Belhaven, North Carolina. We knew we would be there for four days because of weather. The waterways...

We had a beautiful and long travel day to Beaufort, NC. We had three critical bridges we had to time to get through and not be delayed....

We wanted to take advantage of a good weather day to get to Beaufort, NC so we took this short trip (less than 4 hours) to Wrightsville...

We had a short trip to Southport and didn't have to leave at our early first light time for only a 40 mile day. The weather was calm. We...

Our trip to Myrtle Beach was one of the prettiest on the whole Atlantic ICW. It reminded Laura of Canada. We even had a stretch that was...

We started off early for our trip to Georgetown, SC.  Travels in South Carolina are not easy, and it's probably good that we are more...

We had another spectacular travel day as we rushed to Charleston before the upcoming rougher weather. We decided to shorter our stay in...