I never planned to travel solo. Like most male boaters, I had dreams about being anchored out with that perfect woman in some secluded cove, sipping margaritas at sunset. When my long-term relationship came unglued, I found myself in a quandary.
Do I sit at the dock waiting for a new relationship to evolve, or do I hit the proverbial road by myself? I couldn't picture my beautiful 48 Krogen tethered to a dock somewhere like a Travis McGee houseboat.
More than two years after buying a 2002 Duffy 37 lobsterboat and modifying her for long-range cruising, we realized our goal of wintering in Florida. Our plan was to leave our home port in Virginia Beach, Virginia, follow the Intracoastal Waterway south, and circumnavigate Florida, hopefully making a side trip to the Bahamas. Four months later, we would return north.