Wednesday, July 23, 2014

From Florida to Connecticut





Christening Tangent
Richard Widmann joins Tangent to guide us on our first 10 days aboard our new home.


Playing chicken with freighters in the Gulf Stream


Our first mahi mahi
Cooling off in 2000 feet of water while Heidi looks for sharks


Chubby little false albacore
Cubby working on a bigger mahi mahi
Drew took over from Cubby and we brought this one aboard
Our mahi becoming lunch and dinner and lunch
Motoring weather 150 miles offshore in the Gulf Stream
Heidi working the helm with Richard
A fantastic spinnaker sail between Wrightsville Beach and Beaufort, NC


Enjoying a swing in the hammock playing "tick-tock-tick-a-nah"
Richard more than earning his keep fixing a broken alternator bracket while motoring along in a thunderstorm


Making the pilgrimage to Coinjock marina on the ICW
Motoring along the ICW somewhere in NC


The USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, VA
Tangent at rest in downtown Norfolk VA


Lunch at the club with Barbara and Richard Widmann


Virginia in July is haaaaaht


Capsize drills with our new paddleboard on the James River
Navy dockyards in Norfolk


Cooking and cleaning demonstrations at Colonial Williamsburg


Crabmania!
Return capsule at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton


A visit from the Jackson family in Annapolis MD and a quick swim in Spa Creek to cool off.
Walking the streets of Annapolis (and occassional running when the T-storms arrived)
Crabs, crabs, and more crabs with the Jackson family
Riding the Cape May trolley with Grampa Jim

Meeting the crew of Piper in Chesapeake City MD (Tripp, Lisa, Finn and Mackie)
Roland joins us in Cape May for our trip to Montauk (with a diversion to Atlantic City for a break from the weather.)

Up the mast to replace the steaming light in 20kts of wind.
Visiting the ocean beach in Cape May with the Piper family


Montauk laundry day with the Presnell family aboard "Piper".


Lake Montauk visit from cousin Will Koehler (with Kurt behind the lens)


Modelo Man stylin' in Stonington