Life is a Pilgrimage to Self. So explore, dream and be Fearless about it.

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SAILING

"To hell with circumstances.  I create opportunities."

~Bruce Lee

So, did I go where I planned on going?

The short answer to that is, “Yes, where it’s warm…both water and air.” I’m not being a smartass. I really didn’t know exactly where I would end up. Sure, I had intentions, but I have learned from past experience that it is best to let people know where I am going after I get there. Have you ever told anyone what you are planning, then change your mind for whatever reason, and then gotten criticized for not doing what you told others you were originally planning on doing? If so, now you understand.

I ended up loving an uninhabited island in the Abacos of the Bahamas. Powell Cay as a destination was totally unexpected and completely unplanned. I simply felt called to go there as I approached it one day back in March 2023.

I took off from Norfolk, VA on November 28, 2023, and headed south down to West Palm Beach, Florida. Some of the trek was in the ICW (the Ditch) and some of the trek was in the Ocean. Basically, I got sick of the Ditch by the time I arrived in the Charleston, SC area. From then on, I went out into the Atlantic in four separate passages to West Palm Beach.

After that, I spent two months in the Bahamas. From the Bahamas, I skipped South Florida and headed straight to St. Augustine, Florida.

The Longtail is now in Brunswick, Georgia where I arrived on May 30, 2023. She’ll remain there for hurricane season…unless something changes.

Longtails!!!!!!

No, they are not Bermuda Longtails. Yet, they are the exact same subspecies of the White-tailed Tropicbird according to Wikipedia.

Regardless, those are Longtails to me even though here in the Bahamas, they are referred to by their official name, the White-tailed Tropicbird. I named my sailboat...the SV Longtail. I named her in honor of the Longtails who came to see me each day on the way to Bermuda beginning on the second day. That was back in 2011 on my first sailboat. Back then, when I saw them on the way to Bermuda, I didn't even know they existed.

Today, March 26, 2023, is a profound day for me. After taking my dinghy towards the Longtails upon seeing them, I went to shore and did some Yoga. The feeling I have now, I cannot precisely express with human words.

Thank you Lucky for sending me here. Last night I said softly, There is something special about this island. This morning, I know why.

White-tailed Tropicbird photo by Greg Frucci
Longtail Flying photo by Greg Frucci, April 2023

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Alone at sea aboard the S/V Cuddy on the way to Bermuda alone in 2011.

A discussion with my friend, Dean Allen back in 2011 upon my return from the first part of a solo sailing voyage to Bermuda from Wilmington, NC aboard my first sailboat, the S/V Cuddy which was a 30 foot Irwin sloop.