We left Bakers Bay in the morning and sailed to Treasure Cay. It was quite windy, the waves were high and a couple of our crew members were feeling a bit seasick. Fortunately it was only 8.2 nautical miles so it was a pretty fast trip. I got to set the route, manage the crew,…
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The wind was higher than the forecast so we were happy that we accidentally left the 3rd reef in our main sail! It was a great sail over, the crew was busy trying to get as much speed and to point the boat on course as much as possible. We were on a run (wind…
Unfortunately, we had two options neither of which would be a normal first choice. Sailing, we would’ve been beating right into the wind all day. And, transiting to Man-O-War was out because we could not obtain a slip. Because of the poor weather with high winds the folks at Man-O-War decided to stay put. We…
Before you arrive you must depart. Hope Town is only 4.5 nautical miles away from Man-O-War Cay. However there was a 35′ power cruiser right behind the Lagoon 52 and boats in front of and on the opposite dock. Plus the wind speed was hitting twenty knots. Thom and crew tried to assist the dock…
We woke up early as we were planning to leave at 5:45 to catch maximum high tide. Unfortunately, it was storming and very dark so it wasn’t safe to leave. We slept for another hour then readied the boat to get underway. Our plan was to head to the Sugar Loaf reefs near Matt Lowes…
We had a wonderful sail as we made our way to Fort Louis Marina in Marigot. The Heineken Cup had started so we had an opportunity to watch part of the race as we made our way back to the Marina. Everyone packed up, we had a quick lunch at the marina restaurant. Krisann and…
We had a wonderful sail as we made our way to Fort Louis. “No helm hogging” was Thom’s message. Since we were going downwind quickly. He wanted everyone to have a little stick time driving the boat in these glorious sailing conditions. It was a great crew and Thom and Charlie seemed to enjoy seeing…
9:00 AM – We’re in the anchorage in Statia enjoying our morning. It hasn’t all been relaxing this morning; our anchor was dragging a bit, not enough to set off alarms, when the crew woke up we reset the anchor right after breakfast. We put a lot more anchor chain out so we should be…
The sea was angry that night my friends, it was like an old man at a deli trying to send back soup. 5 of our crew are getting certified for ASA 106 which requires them to sail at night. Jeanne had already received her ASA 106 certificate and Linda isn’t getting that certificate yet so…
I woke to Shrimp Fritattas with lemon creme fresh expertly prepared by Jonathan! It’s been such a treat this week to have a Chef on board. Honestly, the restaurants on the islands are spectacular but we’ve preferred to eat on board. Jonathan is a total rockstar! We took the dinghy over to St. Bart’s at…