Happenings
One Step Closer
More awesome and amazing things are happening! Ha, not really… We’re still in the yard but launch date is Thursday the 25th! Winds are howling, gusts to 40 during the day, crazy. It’s supposed to calm down Tuesday and Wednesday just in time to pick up again on, you guessed it, Thursday! The high winds … Continue reading
Antigua 3
Most of you already know we are back home for an unplanned extended visit. My health issues forced us to interrupt our best sailing season since owning our boat. Tanya is doing well as always and I am on the mend. If I continue progressing, we should be back in the water by December. While … Continue reading
Back In!
We are back in the water and eager to move on! Coming to get us: Pulling us out and into position for the travel lift: Weight on: A little paint on the bare spots: Lets go: Back on the dock for a few days while we get things back in order: Depending on weather we … Continue reading
Trinidad
Quick update with some pics from Trinidad. We sailed up the East coast of Trinidad and ran out of wind at the Northeast tip of the island. We fired up the engine and motored the last few miles along the North Coast. Looks alot like The Dominican Republic: We anchored out, checked in with customs … Continue reading
Entering
The things we see… Entering a new country is always a concern for me, it’s full of unknowns. We were entering the Suriname River, the entrance is relatively shallow, the river is busy with commercial traffic, and we ran across this cargo ship. New Hunter, 600 feet, outbound, in the channel… Seemed like it wasn’t moving … Continue reading