Stuart Island

While yesterday was sunny and almost too hot for comfort, today is not. It’s just weather, but was still able to alter the mood a bit onboard Coco Mar. After a quiet, overcast morning off Stuart Island, the kids got to work helping me take inventory of our "pantry" items. They had started yesterday, continuing with the lockers behind our salon seats. I also began creating labels for each locker, getting Shane's input as I went. Taking inventory of what we have left. Ideally, I'd like to use my card system to track items, but haven't decided what I w[...]

Sunrise cruise from Sucia to Stuart Island. Another early morning departure, leaving Sucia Island for Stuart Island. Work, paddling, fun, exploring a new area, and hiking was the plan once we reached our new destination. Finding out more about our destination. Thanks to careful planning we cruised through the current to our new location. Unfortunately, the weather forecast had changed. We were expecting wind for sailing, but ended up with another morning of calm. Shane was fine with motoring. The batteries needed to be charged after all and we had a sch[...]