We’ve been hanging out in the St. Thomas area for a while, including Red Hook, Christmas Cove, and Charlotte Amalie (the big city- pronounced: Uh-mall-yuh) , and Crown Bay Marina.  First, we were doing boat-living chores and things getting ready for a week-long visit from my parents.  Then we came back for their departure and … Continue reading ST. THOMAS TIMES—JANUARY 26 TO FEBRUARY 19…MORE OR LESS

Culebra (Pronounced: koo-LAI-bruh) is technically part of Puerto Rico (pronounced: Pwair-toe-REEkoh).  Hahaha, I have a new pet peeve with signs at historical sites- they don’t tell you how to pronounce proper nouns—I want to be “in-the-know”!  ANYWAY, Puerto Rico has some smaller islands close by, which are known as the Spanish Virgins.  Culebra is one … Continue reading CRUISING CRONIES IN CULEBRA: JANUARY 20-28

At the airport, Timmy says, “Hey, Puerto Rico, we’re back.”  He did great on the journey in his carrier under my feet. We arrived in San Juan Puerto Rico on January 6 and didn’t depart with the the boat from Sunbay marina in Fajardo, Puerto Rico headed for the Spanish Virgin Island, Culebra until January … Continue reading LAND-HOME to SEA HOME TRANSITION: PUERTO RICO 2016

We left Nancy Lu in Fajardo, Puerto Rico for hurricane season in June 2015.  In order to get back to our home in Texas, we flew to Florida, rented a car, drove to Brunswick Georgia, picked up our Suburban, which had been waiting for us at Brunswick Landing Marina since January 2015, and detoured through … Continue reading 6 MONTHS ON LAND

June 7, 2015 VIPs Kay, Olivia, Capt. Mark, Timmy, and Claire   This mommy was happy to have her “little” girl in her arms—or was it the other way around?   Good times are guaranteed with this smile around!  May 19-27 were special days for the crew of Nancy Lu!  Our daughter, Claire, and her … Continue reading VIP

May 18, 2015: Merriam-Webster’s 4th definition of the word special is “being other than the usual”.  I guess you could say that cruising on Nancy Lu fits that definition of special.  There are also experiences cruising on Nancy Lu that are special within the experience of cruising.  I’m going to share some of these “other than … Continue reading Special

May 5, 2015: This is s/v UNO, s/v Ally Cat and s/v Glass Slipper sailing together from Isla de Culebrita, Spanish Virgin Islands (SVI) to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).   Since we’ve been cruising on Nancy Lu, we’ve enjoyed buddy boating!  Our first experience with buddy boating was in the fall of 2011 … Continue reading TEN REASONS WE LOVE BUDDY BOATING…AND COUNTING

Monday, April 21, 2015: I’m back on Nancy Lu after a 5 day hiatus.  My friends, the Addisons, picked me up here at the marina in Salinas, Puerto Rico early Tuesday morning and gave me a ride to the airport in San Juan.  It seems almost miraculous that at the end of that day, I … Continue reading FIVE DAYS IN TEXAS

April 13, 2015: This bit of our journey has been the LEAST like a vacation of any of our cruising!!  Getting east this time of year is not an easy undertaking.  The explanation for this seems inadequate:  It is hard to go east in prevailing easterlies—It IS hard to go east in prevailing easterlies—It is … Continue reading THE PUERTO RICAN PUSH

Turks & Caicos to Luperon, Dominican Republic (DR) to Samana’, DR April 3, 2015: It looks like today is the last full day of our “vacation” in Samana’.  I probably shouldn’t type that for any non-cruisers to read.  Our whole life’s a vacation, right?  Well, not really.  It’s a different way of life that is … Continue reading OUR JOURNEY SOUTH CONTINUES