Casstaway

May the peace, love, and joy of Christmas be in your heart wherever you roamDeck the Palms 2021 Tanya Cass For the first time since moving to our sailboat home, the Casstaways are trading in our snowmen for sandcastles, and spending Christmas riding the waves and resting under palm trees. Cause really, who needs snowflakes when you can have seashells? While we’ll absolutely miss our family,...

The Casstaways had a very busy three months on land visiting family and friends in Washington, Missouri, and Indiana. Our trip was filled with fun, frivolity, trauma, drama, and constant dashing off to one appointment or another. By Monday, August 30 we reluctantly said goodbye to family, while still breathing a sigh of relief that we were headed back to our floating home. After a lovely Labor...

Always one of our favorite anchorages, we decided to extend our Memorial Day weekend to spend five full days in Pelican Bay at Cayo Costa State Park, near the entrance to Charlotte Harbor. When we arrived on Thursday, May 27 we joined four other boats. By Saturday evening, May 29 the neighborhood had grown to 52 vessels. Sunset on our first evening at Pelican Bay A rousing game of Skip Bo in the...

Monday, May 17. Said a temporary goodbye to Boot Key Harbor for the summer. Admiral Tanya at the helm, we departed mooring ball D8 at 0700. Sails up once we passed under the 7 Mile Bridge, leaving the Atlantic behind and returning to the Gulf of Mexico. Winds were stiff at 17-20 mph with gusts to 25. So we reefed both sails and enjoyed a very sporty ride at an average 7.5 knots, arriving at our...

It is once again time for the casstaways to cast off! We have loved our stay on mooring ball D8 in Boot Key Harbor but all good things lead to more good things and we set sail once again this past Monday morning. Sadly, the crew of EWWE2 could not join us on this leg of our journey as an unexpected and critical boat repair delayed their departure. We will miss them! We now begin our slow cruise...