YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2015/02/24 21:21 LATITUDE: 20-49.80N LONGITUDE: 086-53.38W COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Puerto Morelos, Mexico We did a day trip by car to Chichin Izta (Mayan ruins) and a bit of exploring around Cancun and Isla Mujeres. We\’ve now moved 35 miles south to Puerto Morelos and will do a day trip …
February 18th – 24th, 2015 (-5 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We departed Havana on the 15th of February for the anticipated two day sail to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. The Gulf Stream is the dominant feature and it would definitely let us know it was still here on our last day before we arrived in …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/02/18 13:30 LATITUDE: 21-13.95N LONGITUDE: 086-44.23W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Inner Lagoon-Isla Mujeres, Mexico The Yucatan Channel can be a bit notorious and we got a bit of it last night. We were bucking a 3.5 knot current for 35 miles. This slowed us down to 3.5-4knots with …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/02/17 12:08 LATITUDE: 22-25.01N LONGITUDE: 084-41.59W COURSE: 240T SPEED: 9.0 COMMENT: Beach House Milestones…..EnRoute-Isla Mujeres, Mexico One of the more well founded metrics for a circumnavigation is crossing the longitude of which you began while remaining mostly in the tropics. As of about 20 minutes ago at 084 degrees 40.7 …
February 12th-16th, 2015 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We arrived in Havana\’s \”Marina Hemingway\” after an 85 mile journey from Cayo Blanco – the end of the Varadaro Peninsula. We checked in at the Customs and Immigration Dock where the boat was again inspected; this time with a dog. The dog was a cute …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/02/12 23:22 LATITUDE: 23-05.35N LONGITUDE: 082-29.83W COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED- Havana – Marina Hemingway It was a VERY long 13 hour day to move the 88 miles from Cayo Blanco to Marina Hemingway here – 10 miles SW of Havana. We have a nice slip and again…lots to tell, especially …
February 6th – 12th, 2015 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, I noticed that some of you may not have received the Ship’s Blog on how we got from the Bahamas to TITSNBN (aka: Cuba). The link is here: https://svbeachhouse.com/ships-log/bahamas-to-titsnbn/ Also, it is the Ship’s Blog post just prior to this one. As a reminder …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/02/11 21:55 LATITUDE: 23-12.07N LONGITUDE: 081-02.14W COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Cayo Blanco – Havana tomorrow. We\’ll update everyone soon in a couple of blogs. So far, we were told we could get some assistance in Marina Varadaro, but we are definitely in the land of \”Manana\”. As such, we\’ll move …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/02/06 00:30 LATITUDE: 23-11.47N LONGITUDE: 081-07.62W COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED – Marina Gaviota – Varadero, Cuba The weather ruled out the Cay Sal Bank completely and then…..A funny thing happened on the way to Mexico… Well, with the Fuel line leak getting worse, the engine kill solenoid on the port …
February 3rd – February 5th, 2015 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, (Written from Isla Mujeres, Mexico – February 23rd, 2015) So right up front I’ll tell you that TITSNBN stands for, “That Island That Shall Not Be Named”….Hint: It starts with a C has a U, B and ends in A….more on that …