Has there ever been a passage with THAT many fish brought onboard? Seriously. Piles of mahi, tuna, grouper, jacks and finally a prize wahoo. The Tideye Crew may have run out of cookies and peanut butter, but never lacked for fresh fish as they sailed 1300 miles over 8 days to make a July 4th arrival to Kemah in Galveston Bay.

The passage was a total success. The weather allowed for 4 days of downwind sailing followed by 4 days of motoring. Logan captained our floating home with his friends Taylor, Rob and Jeff as crew. They departed Georgetown on June 23rd for Water Cay in the Jumentos where they waited on a low pressure system to move out before upping anchor. Then after a week of sailing, fishing, and I’m sure lots of stories I will never hear about, they arrived in Kemah, TX where the kids and I waited on the docks to catch lines. Excellent blue water experience and all around good time.

So now S/V Tideye is all tucked in at a dock in Kemah – a groovy new spot piled high with roller coasters and carnival games. Yes, yet ANOTHER season where Tideye is spending storm season in the hurricane zone. Sigh. One year we’ll make it out. But in the mean time, this is a great spot to make some upgrades and knock out maintenance projects. All while listening to theme park screams in the background.

We sailed the boat back to Texas so that she would be closer to us. (That AND sailing across the Gulf has been an ambition of Logan’s for a very long time.) We made the decision to mix things up a bit this year and move back on land while we continue to cruise the boat around. So we won’t be full time cruisers anymore, more like…land lubbers with an enthusiastic sailing agenda. How will that all play out? Well, we are still working on the logistics. But for now we are exploring our old haunts here in Austin, TX, hugging our friends, and finding our land legs again. S/V Tideye, dock lines secured.