Steve and Laura's Excellent Adventure

Greetings from Titusville! We have completed the final leg of our voyage to bring Starry Night to "home base".  Unbelievably, our trip meter read 2000 nautical miles - exactly - as we reached the channel marker to turn into the marina where we will berth for the month of January.   Final trip meter reading  (extra 3 miles due to circling around  waiting for the marina manager to arrive) Our 48 hour sail from Eleuthera to Stuart was pleasant and uneventful, and we made an overnight stop to visit my parents and enjoyed a fabulous home-cooked steak dinner at Chez Brohawn  :D  We were actually unable to sail without assistance from the motors during the journey from Stuart to Port Canaveral since the winds were from the north,  which was a bit disappointing, but c'est la vie... we made it nonetheless.  One of the big take-aways from our sailing adventure is that there is always a new challenge around the corner.  Some of them are minor...like finding out that our VHF radio tr

Welcome to 2022, all! I'm happy to report that the snorkeling at Conception Island was spectacular. Conception Island is a small, completely uninhabited island and we were anchored there on New Year's eve with 10 or 12 other vessels - mostly smaller craft like ours, but also two super-yachts.   The beach was gorgeous and we took advantage of being able to take the dinghy ashore for a long walk in the morning, before the sun was directly overhead for optimal snorkeling. After our walk, quite a few large, dark clouds appeared and we were concerned about poor lighting but decided to take our chances anyway.  We needn't have worried. As I explored the reef, I felt as though I had entered a magical fairy tale forest. The reef is very large and maze-like.  It's also quite tall with features at many different depths. The water was crystal clear and the lighting was phenomenal. The coral on the reef here was the most vibrant and healthy I've ever seen. The density of fish w