We have a map but no directions, a plan but not a schedule, and a healthy dose of adjusting course as we go.
The USA is blessed with a diversity of people, culture, geography, and history.
Amid COVID restlessness, we decided to live on a boat and see parts of the country a little off the beaten path along America’s waterways, see and learn from the locals and the community of fellow wanderers we meet along the way, and see how we face up to the challenges we certainly will have. In April 2021, we moved aboard See Level, a Maine Cat P47 power catamaran and our Seefari adventure began.
We’ve since cruised over 16,000 nautical miles, completing America’s Great Loop, transiting up and down the Atlantic ICW and the Chesapeake Bay several times, seen the natural beauty of the St. John’s River in FL and the Bahamas, and spent another summer in Lake Ontario and the Rideau-Chambly-Champlain Canals again.
Now in April 2025, we are transitioning back to living on land and starting a new chapter of adventures.
— Karen & Dave
Recent Blogs
Farewell Tour — Part 1
After a month in Jacksonville relaxing and a quick trip to California to see family, we start our eighth and final trip north on the ICW. But of course, it wouldn’t be boating if everything went smoothly…
Not Our Best Month
Our month in Daytona was a weird mix of challenges and sadness, fun, weird weather, a few excursions, time with family, and plenty of ‘downtime’ to think about the future.
The Hardest Good-bye
When your brain knows it’s inevitable but our heart gets stretched to its limit.
Dashing Down the Coast
We take a month-long break in the Hampton Roads area to travel to Australia and get some routine boat maintenance done. Then it’s a mad dash down the Atlantic ICW by Christmas with Jack Frost nipping at our stern.
Backtracking South
We head south from upper New York, slow enough to let the hurricane season run its course but fast enough to keep temps comfortable for cruising. We have a special guest join us along the Hudson and in NYC, set a personal record for most miles traveled in a day, see friends from our present and past, and get back to the Chesapeake Bay with time to spare before Dave’s Naval Academy Reunion.
Charming Champlain
We close the loop on our summer travels, cruising down Lake Champlain back to where we started the Erie Canal in Waterford NY. First, though, we take a short pause for a Minnesota visit. Clontinuing south, when the port engine suddenly quits working we learn how much a $25 part can actually cost. Ah, such is boat life…