Ashanti Sails South

After three decades of hard work Carola and Elmar, her husband and captain, are about to fulfil their lifelong dream: To sail south on Ashanti, their CS 36T sailboat. Despite their misgivings of abandoning house and family, and whether their boat and 33-year marriage will survive the adventure, they risk storms and gales to traverse the tumultuous Great Lakes to Florida and the Bahamas.

Prologue: Stormy Beginnings ..................................................17
Chapter 1: All Falling Into Place ................................23
Chapter 2:Leaving So Late in the Season ..................25
Chapter 3: Goodbye Home, For Now..........................32
Chapter 4: The Night from Hell ...................................37
Chapter 5: Sarnia to Port Colborne ............................46
Chapter 6: The Erie Canal...........................................56
Chapter 7: The Hard Work at the Lodge ..........................67
Chapter 8: Erie Canal, Post Storm ...................................73
Chapter 9: The Hudson River .....................................78
Chapter 10: Oceans and Delaware Bay ......................87
Chapter 11: Chesapeake Bay .....................................92
Chapter 12: Intracoastal Waterway ...........................100
Chapter 13: South Carolina .......................................108
Chapter 14: Ghosts and Slaves .................................114
Chapter 15: Cumberland Island, Georgia...................121
Chapter 16: Florida ....................................................127
Chapter 17: Thanksgiving in St. Augustine ...............133
Chapter 18: Family on the Move ...............................139
Chapter 19: Cape Canaveral .....................................145
Chapter 20: Okeechobee Waterway .........................149
Chapter 21: Burning Sugar Cane Fields ...................156
Chapter 22: The Florida of Days Gone By ................161
Chapter 23: Christmas in Naples ..............................168
Chapter 24: Naples to Marathon ...............................175
Chapter 25: Shopping - Cruising Style ......................179
Chapter 26: Goodbye Florida ....................................186
Chapter 27: Nassau ...................................................193
Chapter 28: Atlantis Resort, Bahamas ......................200
Chapter 29: Celebrations ...........................................205
Chapter 30: Beautiful Nassau Farewell .....................211
Chapter 31: Mission Accomplished ...........................215
Epilogue.....................................................................217
From Then to the Present ........................................221
About the Author ......................................................227
Tribute to Opa ..........................................................229
Appendix A: Stock/Inventory .....................................232
Appendix B: Recipes .................................................234
Appendix C: Charts Used ..........................................239
Appendix D: Anchorages ...........................................240
Appendix E:Nautical Glossary .................................. 246