M/V Plan B

05/01/2025

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, beer in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
'WOO HOO!!! WHAT A RIDE!"

28/12/2024

Would you like to join Timo on this trip or part of it?

Hi Everyone, we hope you had a great and relaxing Christmas.
As some of you already know: Our cruising plans changed a little for the next part of the adventure. Nicole and Benno will stay in VA for now. Then they will visit me (Timo) on Guadeloupe in the Summer. I will cruise Plan B down the approximate route you see in the video above, taking the next 6 month to do this. I am looking for a crew who would like to join me for the whole cruise or part of it. Not a paid position. You would need to pay for your airline tickets, food & drinks and any needed cruising permit or visa fees. What I can offer is a trip of a lifetime, a lot of learning and a lot of fun. You need to love the outdoors, not get sea sick and enjoy swimming, snorkeling and diving. I will also document the trip for YouTube so some help with that would be awesome. We will only cruise in good weather and will anchor most of the time in protected areas near islands. I will work while we travel so we might sometimes stay in an anchorage a week or more.
I have room for 1 or 2 people (if 2 want to join should be a couple due to cabins and sleeping arrangements) and the possibility is for the whole trip or parts of it (2-3week minimum.

The boat has Starlink if you need to work and be reachable during the trip. We have all safety gear for offshore cruising even though we will not be really offshore. We will be always around 50miles from land. We have USCG approved satellite emergency beacon and life raft.

Here is a rough timeline if you are thinking about joining a part of the trip and are thinking about airports and how to meet up.

January - Florida & crossing over to Bahamas
February -Bahamas
March - Turks and Caicos & Dominican Republic
April - Puerto Rico & USVI & BSVI
May - St. Martin & Island hopping south to Guadeloupe
June - Guadeloupe

If you are interested just sent us a DM and we can talk about it.

Feel free to share this with friends if you know someone who might be interested to join a trip like this.

Timo

28/12/2024

19/12/2024

Plan B is at St. Mary’s Boat Service Yard and Timo is doing the repairs and maintenance needed for the next part of the trip. We also raised the bottom paint a little bit higher since we noticed that she sits a little lower on the water as her original waterline once her diesel tanks and water tanks are full and she is loaded up for cruising. We also descaled the engines. After Christmas the name decals go back on, the fuel flow meter will get installed and some other small to do’s will be finished.

05/12/2024

Thank you U.S. Coast Guard for keeping the navigational beacons maintained in the ICW! Thank you in the name of all boaters. Your M/V Plan B crew!

05/12/2024

Cruised from Two Way Fishcamp downt to St. Mary’s Boatyard. We even crossed into Florida for a moment! Thank you Ethan, Donna and Robbie for your help with this trip. Hauled Plan B out at St. Mary’s to do some maintenance and repairs. The old lady traveled so far 855 NM since we left Virginia…

27/11/2024

On the water again! After a hiatus of almost 6 month on Hilton Head Island SC waiting out the Hurricane Season, Plan B start moving south again! At Kilkenny Marina in Georgia now.

27/09/2024

We lived through our first hurricane (Debbie just brought rain). Helene brought winds and tornadoes (at least 3 confirmed on and around Hilton head). Dinghy is ok, dinghy engine is damaged (Nicole wanted a bigger one anyway 🤪) and we lost our swim platform. Rest of Plan B is fine and no water got/is getting in. Thanks to Robbie and Donna for helping to get dinghy out, engine off. We just got power back at the house after losing it at 4am. We are all safe and well!

13/06/2024

Good morning 🌞

12/06/2024

Docked in Hilton Head SC / Scull Creek Marina

12/06/2024

Good morning 🌞