On Wednesday the 5th, we slept in and stayed the day in Morgan City. Ironically even though we were stalled in Morgan City because of Gordon, the sky was a clean, clear, rain-washed blue and a friendly sun shone from dawn to dusk. We washed the boat, made what minor repairs we needed to make, and rested. Buying supplies at the local hardware store, we were the beneficiaries of the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. Apparently, Lays wanted to test drive…
After the last two days of very challenging boating, Team Adventuress was in sore need of a win before the crew started defecting. Last night we agreed that we’d take the ICWW to Vermilion Bay. Turns out that was the best decision so far. Although the egress from the slip we squatted in was still difficult… wind and current still there, but the light of day made all things look much friendlier. From the fuel dock we took one…
The next day started out wet. And windy. We pow-wowed in the morning after checking all the available weather data and decided to make what would be our first of maybe two 24-hour runs to just outside New Orleans, to a marina called Hurricane Hole. We were hoping that the name of our destination wasn’t going to be telling because now we were tracking what NOAA was calling Atlantic Disturbance #1, which had some decent odds at becoming a real…
We arose very early on Saturday, and very seriously checked the weather. The inconsequential seeming collection of thunderstorms brewing about over Hispaniola had suddenly gotten a chip on its shoulder, and the weather geeks at NOAA had money on the table that it might come right up the west coast of Florida, growing more fearsome in the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We pow-wowed and researched as much forecast data as the Internet and borrowed wi-fi could…
We began our great adventure, the maiden voyage of the Adventuress, with fish guts. Or more to the point, a flight delay due to fish guts. Just about the time that seasoned fliers would expect that we would be pushing away from the gate, The Pilot Voice got on the intercom to announce that some unknown foreign substance had been found on the aircraft and that we were delayed until they figured out what it was and confirmed that the…
This page is a chronicle of the journeys of the MV Adventuress. Adventuress is a 2016 DeFever 49 Euro and her maiden voyage is set to begin at the end of August, 2018. But let us begin with some proper introductions. We are Adventuress’ owners, Robert and Micheline Murphy. We have been boating the Pacific Northwest since 2009. In 2009, we bought our first boat, Safari. Safari is a 42 Ocean Alexander. On Safari, we’ve been on the Pacific Ocean,…