Florida, finally!!!!

We made it to Florida!!! And we have officially put away the winter clothes! We had a pretty hard past week if you ask me, so it’s well deserved. Since we left Charleston, it has been all about winter jackets, heathing the boat with the oven and sleeping with the kids to keep them warm. Not that much fun. Still, we managed to see a bunch of dolphins every day, which warmed up my little French Canadian heart. 🤩 We stopped in Beaufort for a couple of nights after arriving in the dark on the 12th. In was rainy and cold the whole time, but we still played in that gigantic playground a couple of times, which even had internet for the parents. Yeah! We also met another sailing family, with whom we traveled since. 

From Beaufort, we left after lunch on the 15th but the winds were so unpleasant that we decided to anchor before our finale destination. That night was SOOOO cold! In the morning, we left early, heading towards the ICW. At last minute, after looking AGAIN at the weather forecast, we decided to head to sea for 20h. Best decision ever! It was calm, and not at all scary like I first expected. I navigated only 3-4 hours at night, but it was actually fun! I even had the time to watch two episodes of “Making a murderer”. 😜 I was a little nervous while crossing a North Atlantic whale critical habitat, but we didn’t see or heard nothing.

When we entered the inlet early in the morning, we were in Florida!! Didn’t even set foot (or hull) in Georgia. Bang. 😎

Here's a video that Sam made for us to remember the amazing time we spent in the Cheasapeake and sailing the ICW!!