Surf & Turf Retirement Adventures

Category: Great Loop

  • Great Loops stats so far (at 4,000 miles)

    Great Loops stats so far (at 4,000 miles)

    Scott here! How much have we spent so far?? Here are our stats so far on our Great Loop adventure. We were on the water for 211 nights. Our total cost for marinas and mooring balls was $13,799.40. 157 of those 211 nights we were in a marina or on a mooring ball. The other…

  • Back in Wisconsin

    Back in Wisconsin

    Scott here. The boat has been left floating in Belhaven, NC. They have a short list of work to do and will bring her on the hard before July 1. Our new to us car brought us back to WI easily enough while pulling a U-Haul trailer. We made the 17+ hour trip in two…

  • Travel day #76 stats

    Travel day #76 stats

    Scott here. Let’s talk about April 17, 2024. My longest day traveling on the boat by myself. It was a perfect day for it. Just enough wind to keep me cool and I only passed 10-12 boat either way. A few no wake zones but more slowing down for construction people, even though I missed…

  • Travel Day April 16, 24 (Morehead to Belhaven) Travel Day # 76

    Scott here. Today I am leaving the Morehead City Yacht Basin and heading to our final destination, for a while, to Belhaven. This is a sadder day for me than Rita. But I am excited because she is so excited to spend time around family. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy see family, I…

  • Travel day # 75 stats

    Travel day # 75 stats

    Scott here. Today we traveled from Carolina Beach to Morehead, NC. I have to admit it was really nice setting the autopilot and just going. Check the chart every 15 minutes to make sure we are on track, but one of us is always on watch make sure we don’t hit anything. The weather was…

  • Travel Day April 14, 2024 (Carolina Beach to Morehead) Travel day #75

    Scott here. Today, if the weather hold out we will be going to the outside (in the Atlantic Ocean) to Morehead. I am glad I that I take the time to review my routes 4 or 5 times in case I miss something. With this route I missed something! The plan was to go about…

  • Travel Day #74 stats

    Travel Day #74 stats

    Scott and his crew departed Myrtle Beach Yacht Club for Carolina Beach Municipal Marina Mooring Field. They opted for a mooring ball due to unreliable anchorage. The journey went smoothly despite rough waters near Southport. They were pleasantly surprised to find acquaintances nearby and enjoyed a peaceful end to the day. Overall, it was a…

  • Travel Day April 13, 24 (Myrtle Beach to Carolina Beach, NC) Travel Day # 74

    Scott here. Unfortunately we only get to stay one night here. More would be better. I have said that A LOT lately. But, we must go. I am trying to split up our final 3 travel days before Belhaven evenly. I think we have done OK with that so far. But, Sunday looks like a…

  • Travel Day #73 stats

    Travel Day #73 stats

    Scott here. Leaving Georgetown, SC was fairly easy along with the travel day. We made it to Myrtle Beach, SC with plenty of time. The night went really good, the featured image is our anchor tracking for two nights. Rita took a ton of photos and we saw about that many turtles as well. We…

  • Travel day April 11, 24 (Georgetown to Little River, SC) Travel day #73

    Scott here. This stop will be at a marina, there just isn’t an anchorage with a decent travel window. So we will be staying at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club for the night. It isn’t a long way, but I’m hoping to get an early start to explore the marina and area. Maybe do that…