We left Monday morning to head back to our home base in Oriental. A hurricane was brewing offshore, and we had more work to do on the boat before heading south for the winter. We got off to a rough start as I somehow managed to get a line in […]
Vayu Blog 08-03-25 Taking a break
There’s not much new this week. We arrived in Easton and secured alongside John’s houseboat. We planned to stay the week to visit and to wait out the heat wave. Temperatures were predicted to be near 100 for the middle of the week. Staying with John, we could enjoy full-time […]
Vayu Blog 07-27-25
Monday morning, we left the quiet anchorage in Little Harbor and headed north. We were not sure where we would spend the night just yet. but there were several locations that would make for a nice over night stop. The wind was out of the North so we would have […]
Heading north again Vayu Blog 07-20-25
On Monday morning, we headed across the York River to a marina for some fuel and to top off the water tank. Once topped up, we headed out of the river and north to a nice quiet anchorage in a place called Little Bay. After a few days in civilization, […]
Vayu Blog 07-07-25
This week was not very active because of the heat wave. Temperatures were running in the upper 90s with heat indices well over 100. We anchored in Mill Creek just outside of Hampton and next to the entrance to the Hampton Roads tunnel. The heat was terrible the whole time […]
Vayu blog 06/30/2025
After 7 months of hard work on the new Vayu we needed a break and change of scenery. We decided to head North for maybe a month or two. Teresa’s son was going to be married on the July fourth weekend in Virginia Beach so it seemed to be a […]
Repairs, family time, and moving forward. (Week 11)
Sailvayu blog 4-28-24 We spent Saturday the 20th getting organized and checking resources for the repairs. We decided it would be best to go to a marina to do most of the work. This would be safer as the engine would be out of commission for a while and being […]
The challenges continue. (Week 10)
Sailvayu blog 4-21-24 We left Key Biscayne early Monday morning the 15th with a somewhat fair wind. Almost as soon as we were out the inlet I smelled burning rubber from the engine compartment. I lifted the steps out of the way to investigate, only to find the engine alternator […]
Moving out of the keys (Week 9)
Sailvayu blog 4-14-24 After a nice long stay in Boot Key Harbor we finally got a semi good weather window to head east and out of the keys. On Weds the 10th we got an early start headed to Rodriguez Key better known to most as Key Largo. Rodriguez Key […]
Giving Boot Key Another chance (week 8)
We left Key West on Monday April 1st. Again the wind was a bit against us but we needed to take advantage of a short weather window to get East. After a long day of pushing as close to the wind as we could we arrived in Boot Key harbor […]