Hilton Head, Broken Windows, Nordhavns, and Savannah, GA

Ramblin Rose - Bow

Hilton Head was an unplanned stop. Given how things went while here, it probably won’t be another stop again. Unless we are on a different dock or at a different marina. If you haven’t read how we ended up here you can catch up by reading that story here. It’s not that that marina or staff […]

Southport, NC to Hilton Head, SC

We stayed at Bald Head Island marina 3 nights before leaving the Carolinas for Florida around noon on March 22. We had another fairly slim weather window for this trip that we wanted to take advantage of. However, once we were clear of Southport it was immediately apparent that the sea state wasn’t going to […]

Hampton, VA to Southport, NC

For our Hampton to Southport leg, we left Hampton on March 17 and pointed our bows to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much wind. So we ended up motoring most of the way. We had a tight weather window to get around Cape Hatteras. Our departure from Hampton was timed to correspond […]

Leaving Virginia!

We left our slip in Hampton, Virginia after what seemed like forever. We were in Virginia from July 2017 to March 2018. We needed to be there for hurricane reasons. After buying our new-to-us Lagoon 420 in June 2017, we quickly left Fort Lauderdale to head north to Hampton, VA. Before leaving Florida, I contacted […]

Window Into Our World

Part of the reason we chose Lagoon models later than 2005 was the windows. Cabins in the later models have a large picture window that keeps them from feeling cave-like. They brighten up the cabin and provide ocean views that one would pay big bucks for on a cruise ship. But they are not without […]