The day after guests departed Kent headed back to Portland. He managed to get in some quick visits with friends between multiple Dr appointments (all looks good from his cardio team) and checking on our house, which is rented out while we are living on Heartbeat. There is something wonderful about seeing Mt Hood by […]

What more could you ask for? Blue water, swimming pigs, conch fritters, snorkeling, relaxation, great company, and a few “Dark and Stormy” drinks. Not a bad list and MV Heartbeat, no doubt, delivered. From our arrival in Georgetown we traveled all day north to Staniel Cay. First thing in the next morning, we woke the

We left for Blackpoint and a much needed change of scenery after being at Big Majors and Staniel Cay waiting out several days of wind. Blackpoint is on Great Guana Cay and has some of the friendliest residents we’ve encountered yet. A wave, a ‘good morning’ and a quick stop to pet Penny are a

We departed Nassau and ~6 hours later arrived at our planned anchorage along Highbourne Cay. It was a little rolly getting there as the waves were hitting us on the beam but it was worth it to be out of Nassau. After arriving we did some snorkeling off the boat and then met Jan &

Bimini to the Bird Cay area was ~80 miles so we needed to split up our travel across 2 days. After 55 miles we anchored in the middle of the ocean just before sunset with Mike & Kelly (INNTW).  Due to the good weather several other boats were also moving to their next destinations and

We staged ourselves with Mike & Kelly + their kiddos (INNTW) at Linderman Cay which is just north of Key Largo for the evening. At first light we pulled the anchor up and left through Angelfish Cut, pointed ourselves due East and rode the Gulf Stream current North toward Bimini. It took us ~7 hours,

Some old business from 2018 – meant to take this video and post it awhile ago. OK, so honestly it was supposed to be back in September when we first started out. Better late than never … Tour of Heartbeat Now into 2019! Iguana wishing us well the day before leaving Marathon. Stay on the

A few people have asked for it and since it has been awhile here is (what we think) Penny’s perspective of being on The Great Loop is. The river section a few months ago was great. I slept most days we were traveling because it was like riding in a car. Oh and Glenn stayed

From Naples we took advantage of 2 good weather days and headed toward Marathon.Our first day took us outside of the ICW for ~60 miles. It is pretty odd to be 15 miles offshore and still be in only 20 ft of water. That just does not happen in the Pacific Northwest. Dolphins joining us