Monthly Archives: November 2009

We arrived mid-day today at Marigot Bay in St. Martin (the French side). It was a great trip, with no bad weather. Unless you can call the lack of wind forcing us to use our motors too much “bad”. The … Continue reading →

We’re on our final full day before arriving at our Caribbean destination. We expect to arrive in the morning sometime – if the winds keep us sailing fast enough. Yes, we are finally back to sailing after three full days … Continue reading →

We thought the seas yesterday were pretty flat. But, today the ocean looked like a giant bowl of cooled Jello which had been shaken a while ago and was settling in slow motion. You could see the reflections of clouds … Continue reading →

After motoring all night due to the winds gradually diminishing, we awoke at dawn to glassy seas with virtually no wind. Unfortunately, our forecast has become disappointing from a sailing perspective. We’re moving into the center of a high pressure … Continue reading →

So far we’ve traveled about 450 nautical miles with about 850 left to go. This passage was possible to complete in 6 days even under ideal conditions averaging 9 kts. We’ve been holding pretty close to that average so far. … Continue reading →

The first day out was a bit topsy turvy at sea. It started out fine at the crack of dawn with blustery wind, but mostly calm seas. The seas were calm near shore because the winds were coming from offshore. … Continue reading →