| 19º 54.102' N | 70º 57.198' W | Benediction | Made it to Luperon early this morning. The cruising community has already been extremely helpful with my dinghy situation. I have a rowing dinghy that has been loaned to me and one of the long-term cruisers here has reported my situation to the local authorities and is working tirelessly to get my dinghy back. Crossed fingers! I'm based here for the rest of the summer hurricane season, though I might try to get out and explore a little more of the north coast...hopefully with a dinghy! | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 19º 53.598' N | 71º 4.998' W | Benediction | Woke up at 2:30 AM to get underway for Punta Rucia. Unfortunately, I found a cut dinghy painter and my dinghy and motor missing. No dinghy to get to shore made stopping in Punta Rucia a much less interesting stop so I continued on to La Isabella. Beautiful stop, look forward to returning sometime over the summer! | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 19º 52.002' N | 71º 39.6' W | Benediction | Anchored off Monte Cristi for a couple nights before Punta Rucia and then Luperon. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more calm so I can make it to shore! | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 19º 42.198' N | 71º 43.998' W | Benediction | I made it to the Dominican Republic yesterday. Doing my best to figure out the culture while learning the language! Seems like a great place with very nice people!! | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 21º 47.358' N | 72º 14.004' W | Benediction | Arrived safely and only slightly battered in Provo, Turks and Caicos! This wasn't a planned stop but the weather was really just not cooperating with me on this passage. | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 26º 50.43' N | 80º 3.408' W | Benediction | Moved up to one of my regular anchorages. Probably here for a couple weeks to prepare for a little ocean passage! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 26º 45.912' N | 80º 2.712' W | Benediction | Nice daysail in a fresh wind down to West Palm Beach! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 27º 27.774' N | 80º 18.726' W | Benediction | Anchor down in Ft. Pierce...almost to WPB to meet the newest Di Gangi! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 28º 24.48' N | 80º 37.77' W | Benediction | Trying to get to south Florida but the wind seemed to have other ideas. We'll see what Port Canaveral has to offer other than expensive marinas! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 30º 23.1' N | 81º 26.748' W | Benediction | Made a few miles south today...hoping for a window to get offshore and quickly down the coast. | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 30º 37.932' N | 81º 28.644' W | Benediction | Made it to Florida! A major milestone for every southbound ICW cruiser! I kinda feel like screaming to the setting sun, "If I have to lie, steel, cheat, or kill...as God is my witness, I will never go north again!!!!" But then again, plans change, right? | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 32º 49.926' N | 79º 56.01' W | Benediction | Pulled into a marina for a few days to wait out some nasty weather and prepare for a little offshore hop to Florida...if the weather cooperates! Oh, and I might explore a bit of Charleston! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 32º 52.362' N | 79º 42.942' W | Benediction | Made pretty good progress on this warm (finally) day! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 15.582' N | 79º 15.174' W | Benediction | Another tough day motoring into some pretty ridiculous headwinds. At least the current was pushing me forward! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 39.072' N | 79º 5.718' W | Benediction | Rather long day motoring into current and blustery winds on the nose. Thankfully found a cheap marina so I can plug in to have heat for tonight's freeze...and a shower!! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 52.44' N | 78º 34.47' W | Benediction | After waiting for a window and preparing for a 2-3 day passage to Fernandina Beach, I made the tough (because I hate the ICW) decision to stay inside and continue motoring today. Anchored in a nice, super quiet little anchorage just inside of South Carolina. | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 52.614' N | 78º 0.0' W | Benediction | Inching my way south! Hopefully, I'll get offshore for a hop to Fernandina Beach this week... | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 34º 12.498' N | 77º 47.85' W | Benediction | Back in the trusty anchorage of Wrightsville Beach! Was a bit blustery coming down the ICW but I was getting a bit stir crazy at the Camp Lejeune anchorage! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 34º 33.132' N | 77º 19.512' W | Benediction | Hook down in this neat little Marine Corps bay. Ready for the blow that's due in a few hours. | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 34º 41.19' N | 77º 7.194' W | Benediction | On the move once again! Hopefully, no more major issues for a while... | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 35º 1.938' N | 76º 41.172' W | Benediction | After a little hiccup with my engine in Beaufort, I made a tough decision to come back to Oriental to get some previously-postponed maintenance projects completed on the engine. Bummed I turned north instead of south and delayed my trip a bit more but, overall, I think it was the prudent decision. At least there are good people to hang with here! | over 6 years ago | Show
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| 34º 43.422' N | 76º 39.96' W | Benediction | Escorted into Beaufort, NC by three HUGE dolphins! Great to be back underway after several months of work to get Benediction in shape. | over 6 years ago | Show
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| 35º 3.906' N | 76º 58.056' W | Benediction | Arrived at Benediction's home for a month. I'll be leaving her here while I travel north to see friends that I had promised to visit this summer. | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 35º 1.488' N | 76º 41.742' W | Benediction | After a fairly simple overnight passage from Wrightsville Beach to Beaufort, I decided to go ahead and get the little bit of ICW out of the way. On my way to New Bern, NC where I'll leave Benediction for a trip up north to see friends by car, then back to Oriental to do some planned work on the boat before more adventures this fall! | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 34º 12.48' N | 77º 47.922' W | Benediction | Lots learned on a four day passage from West Palm Beach! Going to be here a few days waiting on a part for my self-steering windvane and Cindy's leftovers to pass through this weekend... | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 26º 49.602' N | 80º 3.498' W | Benediction | Return to North Palm Beach Marina where I left from 3 months ago because CBP needs something to write in their 'Marina' field. Earlier today, I had my anchor down almost exactly (to the half hour), 3 days from anchor up in Big Majors Spot! Lots learned on my first 250+ mile solo passage!!! | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 25º 49.752' N | 77º 48.948' W | Benediction | Sailing at 4.5 kts in water so calm it feels as though I'm anchored. Trying to get some catnaps in amongst cargos, megayachts, cruise ships, and fishermen! | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 24º 57.852' N | 77º 34.086' W | Benediction | On passage to WPB! Will update location if/when I'm near cell towers! | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 24º 10.998' N | 76º 26.844' W | Benediction | After a great crossing to the Exuma Cays yesterday, Isaac and I endured quite a slog 30 nautical miles to windward today. Time for sundowners for me and a nap for Isaac!!! | almost 7 years ago | Show
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| 24º 51.6' N | 76º 9.702' W | Benediction | Cracking sail down from Governors Harbor! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 25º 11.802' N | 76º 14.808' W | Benediction | Anchored in Governors Harbor, the first capital of the Bahamas! Started as a sloppy sail from Hatchet Bay but turned into a great day on the water!! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 25º 21.06' N | 76º 29.55' W | Benediction | Anchored in Hatchett Bay Eleuthera after a very nice sail in swimming pool blue water! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 25º 32.52' N | 76º 44.724' W | Benediction | In Spanish Wells for fresh food and beverages before heading down to check out the west coast of Eleuthera! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 25º 30.954' N | 76º 50.52' W | Benediction | Made it to Royal Island Harbour! Not sure where I'm headed from here. | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 26º 22.038' N | 76º 59.076' W | Benediction | Nice anchorage in Lynyard Cay. Going to be in the Little Harbour area for a few days waiting on a weather window to get down to Eleuthera on the way to the Exumas! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 26º 32.412' N | 76º 57.534' W | Benediction | It seems Farkwar is back up and working for me. Been making my way slowly down the Abacos...now just outside Hope Town harbor. I think April will be in the Exumas! | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 27º 13.002' N | 78º 19.434' W | Benediction | Made it to the Bahamas! Enjoying my post-passage beverage in a very quiet (for now) anchorage. | about 7 years ago | Show
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| 26º 46.098' N | 80º 2.598' W | Benediction | Anchor down inside Lake Worth Inlet after about a 155 mile passage...my longest thus far singlehanded!! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 29º 3.69' N | 80º 55.848' W | Benediction | Just moved a few miles to a different anchorage to be a little closer to the inlet where I'll head offshore tomorrow! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 29º 11.76' N | 81º 0.258' W | Benediction | A bit strange anchoring with the wind against the tide. Boat couldn't decide how she wanted to lay... | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 29º 50.922' N | 81º 18.27' W | Benediction | Oops, I'm in Florida, not Nepal! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 30º 23.88' N | 81º 27.468' W | Benediction | Just a quick hop down the ICW today. Stopped just north of St John's river to see some friends in the area! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 30º 37.896' N | 81º 28.644' W | Benediction | Florida Finally!! Had a great passage from Thunderbolt, other than the inlet being much more sporty than I was hoping for after a 24 hour passage! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 32º 1.506' N | 81º 2.832' W | Benediction | The saying goes, "Cruising is just fixing your boat in exotic locations." Well, I was picturing a little more exotic than Savannah, GA...but so it goes! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 32º 9.33' N | 80º 51.078' W | Benediction | Anchor down in Bull Creek, just opposite Daufuskie Island! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 32º 27.33' N | 80º 40.59' W | Benediction | Almost to Beaufort SC where I'll spend a few days dealing with some shore based stuff... | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 32º 42.552' N | 80º 10.794' W | Benediction | Anchored for the night. iPhone is a bit on the fritz... | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 32º 46.818' N | 79º 57.132' W | Benediction | Anchored in Charleston! Never visited here so I thought I'd spend a couple days here. | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 33º 55.248' N | 78º 3.702' W | Benediction | Stop in Southport, NC for the evening! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 34º 12.516' N | 77º 47.808' W | Benediction | Overnight singlehanded sail to Wrightsville Beach! Was a bit more spirited than I was expecting. Time for a swig of whiskey, some ibuprofen, and a nap!! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 34º 43.356' N | 76º 39.9' W | Benediction | Anchored in Beaufort, NC! Here for a couple days waiting on weather to pass... | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 34º 57.894' N | 76º 42.894' W | Benediction | Tied up at the Oriental, NC town dock! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 35º 32.544' N | 76º 37.818' W | Benediction | At the free Bellhaven town dock! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 36º 20.916' N | 75º 56.928' W | Benediction | Exceptional stop at a marina. I hear the restaurant has an amazing prime rib, we'll see! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 36º 38.634' N | 76º 3.6' W | Benediction | We'll see in the morning if we are in the channel, against '32' marker, or aground! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 36º 57.924' N | 76º 17.412' W | Benediction | Anchored in Willoughby Bay waiting for this gale to pass. | over 7 years ago | Show
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