Orenda – A collective power of nature's energies through the living energy of all natural objects: animate and inanimate
Thank you Nordhavn 10,000 glorious spectacular nautical miles Teamwork makes the dream work, or so the saying goes. It is hard to believe that our first anniversary of moving onto “Orenda” is coming up next month. For the last 12 months, it has only been me and Scott (or Scott and I). I began thinking …
Today, Orenda and crew are traveling NNE along the Florida Keys to Florida’s east coast, then north to somewhere near the Georgia border. Our insurance requires we be north of Cumberland Island by June 1 because of hurricane season. So, reluctantly, we untied our lines, hoisted the fenders onto the boat and began our journey. …
Orenda at anchor in Old Port Cove, Florida. We posted our last blog mid-December, 2020 from Fort Pierce, Florida. We were scheduled for a mid-December haul-out and maintenance at Seminole Marine Boat Yard in Palm Beach Gardens. However, winter is a very busy yacht maintenance time in Florida, especially this year with COVID restrictions, so …
From St Augustine, FL, we decided to jump back on the ICW because hurricane ETA was predicted to make landfall and the weather on the Atlantic looked nasty. For this section of the ICW, we contacted experienced cruising friends and watched the tracks of other boats while docked at the marina and decided Orenda could …
Orenda in Beaufort, NC. Following our midges nightmare and major clean up in the River Forest Marina in Belhaven, NC, we continued on our last stretch of the ICW to Beaufort, NC, a quaint marina and port with historic homes and many antiques stores, shops and restaurants. ICW to Beaufort, NC Boardwalk in Beaufort, NC …
Orenda in Waterside Marina There is so much I don’t know. First, it’s “intra” not “inter” coastal. Intra meaning within, inter meaning between. The intracoastal waterway (ICW) is a 3000-mile inland waterway running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic around the southern top of Florida, then following the Gulf coast to Brownsville, Texas. It …
York River Yacht Haven Marina, Gloucester Point, Virginia Header photo by Julie Mollica, thanks! Our last blog, Bashing It! describing our Baja cruise north to San Diego to sell Epoch was posted from San Diego, CA 238 days ago, on February 8, more than half a year has passed. What a year it has been! …
Header photo by Theresa, thanks! Bash, a verb (strike hard) or a noun (a bash on the head or birthday bash). Or the term I kept hearing about, the Baja Bash. My study of the Baja Bash revealed that it is a West Coast phenomenon, usually left to paid delivery captains or unfortunate cruisers who …
Saturday, June 1, 2019 was the day we began our Alaska bound trip! One of our dream trips, bucket list item, a promise made long, long ago. It is now December and the trip is only wonderful memories, but I thought I’d share some of our adventures, photos and the fun people we met along …
Epoch docked in Puerto Los Cabos Our cruise from Magdalena Bay to San Jose del Cabo, Puerto Los Cabos was another overnight cruise down the last part of the Baja. We traveled with four of our Taco Runners, Igloo, Audrea May, Red Rover, Partida and Pairadice, a Selene MV we met in Magdalena Bay. Our …
The Adventures of Little Fish 