We sail to experience the wonderment over the horizon.

Author Kim Stephens

Chapter 96: Three Whole Days Off the Boat?!? What?!?!

We left Cabo Real to head to Ponce on Monday, 4/22.  It was a pretty easy trip and we arrived by early afternoon.  There is one marina there, Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club, that we were hoping to stay at… Continue Reading →

Chapter 92: Welcome to Country #3!

We left Big Sand Cay on Saturday, 4/6 to journey to Samana in the Dominican Republic.  We knew we needed about a 32 hour weather window to make the trip. For every trip, it is a balance of wind and… Continue Reading →

Chapter 90: “Island Time”, Weather and Easter, Can We Do This?!?

We left Mayaguana in the Bahamas at sunset on Thursday in order to reach the Turks and Caicos ahead of the expected weather front on Friday afternoon. We had already cleared out of the Bahamas in Georgetown so we could… Continue Reading →

Chapter 87: Beauty and Sadness in the Exuma Land and Sea Park

We have had a pleasant trip so far along the Exumas.  We started in Warderick Wells and were very excited to visit the famed Exuma Land and Sea Park. We started the day with Bob cooking a great breakfast and… Continue Reading →

Chapter 83: Great Harbour Cay and Shark Creek Beach!

Wednesday was a great first full day in the Bahamas!  We started the day doing some boat chores after our passage here. We needed to do some cleaning as well as make some water! With the chores out of the… Continue Reading →

Chapter 81: Progress but yet…

We arrived in West Palm beach on the 15th of February.  We spent one night at a marina the weekend we arrived to top off our power but since then have been at anchor. We are now over 10 days… Continue Reading →

Chapter 76: Preparing to leave…again.

This week was great as we visited the kids in Atlanta for a long weekend💛!!!  We drove to Atlanta on Saturday to spend some time with Kat, Nick, and Gabby.  It was great to see Kat’s new place in Atlanta… Continue Reading →

Chapter 73: Dreaming of the Caribbean…

This week has seen continued work on our engine installation.  After living for a VERY cold weekend with the engine in the middle of the salon, having to climb on said engine plus a step stool with the bottom stairs… Continue Reading →

Chapter 69: The One Where Kim is Grumpy.

After the holidays, we returned to project work on Meraviglia.  This has been a bit of adjustment for both of us but especially me.  We went from: “Yay, we are leaving and projects are over!”  to “Boo, we are returning (twice)… Continue Reading →

Chapter 65: Gratitude and Answered Prayers

Well if you have been following our journey, you know our last post talked about our MANY challenges with the ICW heading south.  When we last wrote, we had arrived in New Smyrna Beach and had plans to stay in… Continue Reading →

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