Navigator Adventures

March 29, 2025 Phippsburg, Me Promise of Adventure:  Leaving Gulfport Alabama on Day 1 Unpacking our first fifty-six days on Navigator involves an incredible number of experiences!   When we left Maine on January 4th we were excited and looking forward to our cruising adventure.  We had ideas about what to expect, but no way of really knowing how it was all going to unfold.   We were excited about cruising on larger boat - but what did we really know about this new life style?  While we had been for as long as 20 days on Taku, would we still be as enthusiastic after 30, 40 or 50 days on Navigator?   Could we could really get  eight hundred miles   from Alabama to Key West in 30 days?   What were we thinking? Well we did get to Key West in 30 days, and obviously we survived the journey.   More important, we have had an incredibly rich experience   Rich both in delivering experiences of the kind that we h...

March 3, 2025  Tonight we sit in Ft Pierce City Marina where we end the first chapter of our journey.  According to our Garmin Chartplotter we have travelled 1260 miles since leaving Gulf Shores Alabama on January 6th.     From Ft Pierce will will return to Maine for a few weeks leaving Navigator tied up nice and snug and secure.   In 6 hours since we have arrived at the marina we have already met about a dozen people on boats around us or who work here that will keep an eye on her while we are gone.    Just a couple nights ago Molly asked Liz if she was looking forward to going home.   I sat back wondering what she would say.   Her reply was 'Not really.  Sure it will be nice to have a change and get home for a bit, but this last 50 days has been wonderful! - and there is so much more we can do'.    We are incredibly lucky.   Navigator has been capable and safe.  We have negotiated the weathe...