Sailing Adventures of the Shumakers
-
ICW – March 2024
Corrie and I crewed for our friends Steve and Janine on their Island Packet 420, Hope & Glory (a similar to our boat, but bigger) on a trip south from Norfolk in March 2024. They were bringing the boat to St. Augustine to spend some time there this spring. We had hoped to exit the…
-
Zephyr in 2024 IPYOA calendar
We were excited to see that a photo of Zephyr flying the spinnaker made it to the cover of the 2024 IPYOA calendar. Also, I photo that I had taken when we chartered in the San Juan Islands also made it to another page on the calendar. There are some greats photos of IPs at other exotic…
-
Norfolk to Bahamas – November 2023
This trip was with my friends Jesse Broome and Carl Graves. It was on Jesse’s Island Packet 38, named Contented Turtle. Jesse keeps Contented Turtle at the marina/boat yard next to ours, and I met him there when Zephyr was getting worked on early this spring. It turns out that Jesse and I have a…
-
2023 Trips in the lower Chesapeake
This year we took the boat out for four trips that were all in the southern part of the Chesapeake. I spent more time at the boat working remotely, doing boat projects, and coordinating work with contractors since we had some major work including new rudder, new standing and running rigging, and new navigation electronics. There’s more…
-
Zephyr IP380 – Connecticut to Virginia in October 2022
We bought the boat in Milford, Connecticut. We had secured a slip in the Chesapeake and wanted to get the boat south, but didn’t know if we would run into any issues along the way. We hired Captain Jeremy Vaught and his mate Captain Brian Poe of Sea Savvy Yacht Delivery and we sailed with them on…
SAILING ISLAND ZEPHYR 