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The Kosmos Travel Log is a place for Christi, Eric, and Keith to share and document our travel stories. See About.

Christi and Eric circumnavigated the globe aboard Kosmos from 2007-2009. The underway post where it got started. There are about 800 posts from the trip.

Christi, Eric, and Keith took Kosmos on an eight month trip to the Sea of Cortez from July 2022 to March 2023 (about 130 posts). Keith did updates in both English and French.

After various upgrades and maintenance in San Diego from 2023 to Dec 2024: We’ve Started Another Cruising Adventure! We went through the Panama Canal and bound for the Caribbean, Bahamas, and the East Coast of the USA.

Below are links to some good places to find specific types of information. In addition to boat travel stories, there are also posts on various other topics, including preparing for travels via boat, and stories about assorted land travels.

Note: Our blog posts are usually behind real-time, often by quite a bit.

Keith’s Perspective on Our Last Week in the Chesapeake/Le point de vue de Keith sur notre dernière semaine dans la baie de Chesapeake

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On Saturday we left Dennis Point and anchored at Deltaville for the night. On Sunday we went from Deltaville to Norfolk. We went to dinner at Lola’s with mom’s friends. On Monday, we decided to go the Bahamas instead of Bermuda. If we wanted to go to the Bahamas, we needed to get in gear quick because the next weather window was Wednesday. Dad did a bunch of repairs. 

Samedi, nous sommes partis de point Dennis et nous avons ancré le bateau à Deltaville pour la soirée. Dimanche nous sommes allés jusqu’à Norfolk. Nous avons mangé le diner à Lola’s avec les amis de maman. Lundi nous avons décidé d’aller aux Bahamas, pas aux Bermudes. Si on voulait aller au Bahamas, on devait faire beaucoup de choses très vite parce que le prochaine fois que le météo allait être en faveur était Mercredi. Papa a fait beaucoup de réparations. 

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Start of the Passage from Norfolk to Marsh Harbor, Abacos, Bahamas – Cape Hatteras and Crossing the Gulf Stream

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 — Christi woke up feeling like she was fighting a cold. It was warmer today than it was yesterday, but it was still too cold for our comfort. In the morning, we drove to Cova for lattes. Christi also stocked up on coffee since she knew finding good coffee in The Bahamas was not easy. Then Eric returned car while Christi and Keith did school. 

We spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon getting things ready to go. Since it was a major passage, we had to make sure that everything was put away and securely packed in the cabinets and drawers. Eric rinsed the boat down and cleaned the exterior windows. Even though we’d run water over the lazarette and it seemed water tight, we decided to be extra cautious and put tape around the seals of the lazarette.

We untied at 1500. At first, the ride was not bad. We ran at 1625 RPM and averaged in the high 5s for speed. The sunset and twilight were… striped.

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Changing Plans in Norfolk, Virginia

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025 — Here was Kosmos in her slip at Morningstar.

Cruising season in the tropical latitudes officially began on November 1. Many families that were silent all summer have begun chiming in on the various boating apps, sharing where/when they were going. We’d mentioned that in Annapolis, we hadn’t met a single family going to the Eastern Caribbean — most were going to The Bahamas. As such, Keith has been asking to go to The Bahamas since that was where all the kids would be. Eric and Christi kept assuring Keith that there would be lots of families in the Caribbean and he’d have plenty of friends. But as we watched the check-ins, Eric and Christi began to doubt that was true. Few families indicated they were going to the Eastern Caribbean, and those that were wouldn’t be heading over there until later in the season.

Meanwhile, yesterday it cooled down again, but the terrible cold snap hadn’t hit yet. We knew the freezing temperatures were coming and would last for a while. We did not have the proper clothing/gear on board for such low temperatures. There was no weather window to Bermuda for the next three weeks, but a weather window was opening up to The Bahamas on Wednesday. Eric and Christi decided to give up on the Eastern Caribbean and just go to The Bahamas, instead. Keith was thrilled by the news. 

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