The Ross Adventures

I am deeply saddened to learn that Jeff Spira has passed. Jeff, the designer of the boat I built, supported me in every way he could through in our email exchanges and his kindness and strong character radiated through our

We cast off this morning at 6:42am knowing we were just a few miles from crossing into Florida. Although happy we’d almost made our goal, the reality of our adventure ending set in slowly. As we first set off, St.

We cast off this morning at 6:36am to clear skies and pointed south towards Georgia. We didn’t know it then but it would be our most scenic and enjoyable day yet. Let me just make one thing clear: Georgia’s Intracoastal

We cast off this morning at 6:32am and continued our path south on the stunning South Carolina intracoastal waterway. We started the day knowing rain was imminent but man it just down poured on us at about 8:30am. After about

The storm thankfully missed us last night. Although we did experience some high wind gusts and heavy rain from an outer band it was by no means serious and we stayed safe and dry. We departed Harbour Village Marina this

Today was another beautiful day on the water for my dad and I as we eyed tropical storm Claudette’s movements. Although the storm should just miss us to our north, we moved as south as far possible today to attempt

We left the marina this morning at 6:05am. Since we no longer had to wait for a scheduled bridge or lock opening we could get back to our early departures. Today was definitely not our average day of cruising. A

We had a late start today at 7:46am because the lock and bridge south of us, South Mills Lock and South Mills Bridge had its first scheduled opening at 8:30am. The Dismal Swamp once again amazed us with its beauty

Today we officially conquered the Chesapeake Bay. At 6:01am this morning we headed south for our final leg on the Chesapeake. The predicted weather this morning proved inaccurate as we were greeted with 2-3ft white capping waves. After a sweeping

Today was awesome. The combination of following seas and the tide pushing us enabled our fastest cruising day yet. At 5:30am we departed Great Oaks Harbor and pointed south for Norfolk VA. Although we didn’t quite reach Norfolk we sure