Dream Trips

Trips I'm planning, a few I'd like to do someday, and ones I've done.

Planned

January 2027
Lake Lanier US Islands activations
Sailing to Lake Lanier's islands and operating my ham radio from them for the US Islands amateur radio awards program.
- Boat: Com-Pac Picnic Cat Bluebell
March 2027
Lake Jocassee
Two nights at the boat-in campsites at Devils Fork State Park on Lake Jocassee, South Carolina, aboard Bluebell, as a shakedown for the Florida 120.
- Boat: Com-Pac Picnic Cat Bluebell
May 2027
Florida 120
A multi-day coastal rally with overnight stops on shore.
- Boat: Com-Pac Picnic Cat Bluebell

Lake Lanier circumnavigation
Sailing all the way around Lake Lanier, my home waters.
The Great Loop
The roughly 6,000-mile loop around eastern North America by way of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the Great Lakes, the inland rivers, and the Gulf of Mexico.
US to Norway
An ocean passage across the North Atlantic from the US to Norway.
Texas 200
A five-day small-boat raid of about 200 miles along the bays of the Texas coast, camping on shore each night.
St. George Island circumnavigation
Sailing all the way around St. George Island, the barrier island near Apalachicola, Florida, with Apalachicola Bay on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other.
US Islands activations
Sailing to the barrier islands of Florida and the Southeast, and operating my ham radio from them for the US Islands amateur radio awards program.
Miami to Bimini
Crossing the Gulf Stream from Miami to Bimini in the Bahamas and back, about 50 miles each way.
US to Bermuda
An offshore passage from the US to Bermuda and back, several days out of sight of land each way.

December 2025 – January 2026
Apalachicola Bay and St. George Island
My first trip on Bluebell: six sails in the bays behind St. George Island, launched from the St. George Island boat ramp and Battery Park Marina in Apalachicola, Florida.
- Boat: Com-Pac Picnic Cat Bluebell
- Distance: 63.4 nm
May 2025
Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head round trip
An ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising course with Myrtle Beach Sailing School, as one of the crew on the school's boat. We took the Intracoastal Waterway from Cricket Cove Marina to an anchorage on the Waccamaw River, then went 20 nautical miles offshore into the Atlantic for the passages to Harbor Town on Hilton Head and back.
- Boat: Elan Impression 444 Storyteller
- Distance: 400.3 nm