We left North Palm Beach headed to Miami early Tuesday the 12th. The weather prediction was good and we got off to a fairly good start headed down the waterway towards the ocean inlet. We planned a short offshore hop to Ft. Lauderdale or Miami. About the time we got […]
Author: CaptWayne
Waiting weather while killing gremlins
Vayu Blog 03-09-24 We left Stuart on a nice sunny morning hoping to get past Jupiter and the heavy boat traffic early. The weather report was calling for some rain, so we thought that might help with boat traffic as well. There are several bridges in the Jupiter area that […]
Gremlins following us (Week 3)
We got lucky and sold the Jeep on Saturday so we are finally free of our last shore bound possession, the last anchor to land so to speak. We decided we would get a slip at a Melbourne City Marina Sunday night to make it easier to complete last-minute shopping […]
Bugs and switches
Vayu Blog 02-23-24 Bugs and switches Our second week of retirement ver 2.0 was mostly working out little bugs on the boat. No, not the creepy crawly type, but the ones that cause things to not work as they should. With cooler weather and no longer plugged into shore power, […]
We are back
We are back. Well we were always here but what I really mean is we are back on the boat and getting ready to start cruising once again. It has been a long road to get here and I am still somewhat cautiously optimistic that this might be our time. […]
SOMETHING TO PONDER: George Carlin
I don’t often use other peoples work on my sites but I think this piece by George Carlin seems like a good place to start this section of the site. George often had a way of cutting right the heart of something. I have always thought this quote in particular […]
Getting Away From Melbourne (Melbourne to Fernandina Beach)
There is a trap many would-be cruisers fall into, I call these traps black holes, a place where a cruiser goes and then cannot seem to escape from. For one reason or another many of these cruisers end up never getting underway again. Florida is particularly bad for this as […]
A bit of background
For those who do not know us and may be new to this site I will give a bit of background about who we are and how we got to where we are. If you do know us you are excused and may go outside now. Now that they are […]
And We Are Off!
For those not familiar with our history I will provide a Reader’s Digest version on how we got here. For friends and family that know you may skip ahead unless you are really bored and need to kill some time. We are Wayne and Teresa an older couple looking to […]
Welcome to the new version of SailVayu blog.
Hi stay tuned for new look and content. Like anything on a boat it will take a bit of time but I am working on it so check back often. Join us on our sailing adventures!