Nauti Pelican

06/13/2026

Great job Heavy D!

06/13/2026

06/13/2026

🌊We are set up at Barrel 85 today!🌊

The Gulf is feeling a little too spicy 🌶️🌊, so we're running Bayside rentals only.

Smooth water, fast skis, and way fewer chances of becoming fish food. 😎🏁

06/13/2026

So wonderful

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ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Thursday, June 11th, 2026
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UNDER SAIL!

I don’t think there’s a single person in ELISSA’s 32-person crew who has ever been so happy & excited for an oil change.

Here’s the deal. Ever since departing Galveston, we have experienced 100% exactly contrary winds. To get around Florida, we need to go towards the Southeast, and the breezes have unfailingly been FROM the southeast. So even when we’ve been able to set some sails, we have also been running the engine to push us along.

And that engine, that brand-new diesel which was just installed a couple of months back, is now due for its 100-hour oil change, an important step in the break-in process for a new diesel. So, to let the engine cool down and do the oil change, we need to shut down for about 5 hours.

So what are we going to do for five hours in the middle of the Gulf?

Go sailing, of course!

The winds are still contrary, so we are not heading in a beneficial direction, nor moving along very fast, but WE ARE SAILING ALONG with SQUARESAILS SET & DRAWING NICELY.

It gives us some practice handling the ship, the sails, the lines, and it makes the whole crew happy.

Dare I say it? It makes ELISSA happy, too.

Regards,
Captain Andy Ellers

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POSITIONING
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ELISSA at 12 noon (CDT)
Distance Traveled: 492 nautical miles
Position: 26deg 25.0' N x 86deg 45.7' W
Course: 245deg M
Speed-Over-Ground: 2.1kts
Weather: Mostly sunny, 10kt wind from the SE, 3-4ft ocean swell from SE.

06/13/2026

So cool 😎

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ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Friday, June 12th, 2026
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ENERGIZED !

I gotta talk about the crew, and give credit where credit is due.

After months of hot and exhausting work preparing for this voyage, and now multiple days and nights (the ship works around the clock), pushing into these contrary conditions, you would almost expect the whole of ELISSA’s crew to be a bit exhausted and working slowly.

But it is not like that at all. This is one of the most energetic, engaged, and driven crews I’ve worked with. There is a real sense of excitement among the crew about making this voyage, and great enthusiasm to participate in the upcoming port events where they can share “their” ship with the public and other visiting crews.

As an example, yesterday we sailed along for most of the day with the engine offline for necessary oil changes. We had set all four topsails and the foresail. When the engineering work was complete, it was time to douse those 5 squaresails and resume motoring ‘into the weather’.

From the time the order was given to take in those five sails to the point when all the hands were back on deck, having furled all of them, was about 45 minutes. This is remarkably quick and efficient work for a crew dealing with handling squaresails offshore as a team for the first time!

Remember that the ship’s pitching and rolling motion we feel on deck is greatly magnified when you are working in the rig a hundred or so feet up.

Yes, ELISSA has a spectacular, energetic, enthusiastic crew, and we’re just getting started. We look forward to the upcoming sailing and port calls and to the chance to introduce people to this remarkable lady, ELISSA.

It’ll also give folks a chance to meet members of this wonderful crew.

Regards,
Captain Andy Ellers

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POSITIONING
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ELISSA at 12 noon (CDT)
Distance Traveled: 668 nautical miles
Position: 25deg 09.0' N x 84deg 07.0' W
Course: 121deg M
Speed-Over-Ground: 8.5kts
Weather: Mostly sunny, 5-10kt wind from the ESE, 2-3ft ocean swell from SSE.

06/13/2026

The Nauti Pelican RV Port's morning sunrises serve as a superb beginning to your daily activities. The Nauti Pelican RV port

06/12/2026

The St. Vincent and the Shrimp 🦐 Diva

The moment we felt seen 🤣♥️♥️♥️♥️

Sand artist: Julie Wood

06/11/2026

Good Thursday Morning
Beautiful People