2014 – Caribbean Islands – Trinidad to Florida Voyage

POSITION REPORT – Hawksbill Cay, Exumas – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/27 16:33 LATITUDE: 24-27.99N LONGITUDE: 076-46.13W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1019.2 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Hawksbill Cay, Exumas-Bahamas I dove on the port engine after the 3 knots of current subsided late yesterday. Removing the saildrive zinc to get the line […]

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POSITION REPORT – Warderick Wells Cay, Exumas – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/26 17:13 LATITUDE: 24-23.83N LONGITUDE: 076-37.97W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1019.7 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Warderick Wells Cay – Exumas, Bahamas We just arrived and as I had not made up the genoa sheets (line), it slipped through the trampoline and

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POSITION REPORT – Staniel Cay, Exumas – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/25 13:28 LATITUDE: 24-10.58N LONGITUDE: 076-26.89W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 104T CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017.9 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Staniel Cay,  Exumas, – Bahamas We left very early this morning to catch the tide and make certain we could get over a sand bank that

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POSITION REPORT – SW tip of Great Guana Cay, Exumas – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/24 20:02 LATITUDE: 23-57.91N LONGITUDE: 076-19.12W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.3 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – SW tip of Great Guana Cay, Exumas –  Bahamas We stayed at the anchorage at Stocking Island just opposite Georgetown the Capitol of the Exhumas for

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The Bahamas – Mayaguana to Long Island……Part 1

May 13th – 20th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We had a fabulous time in the Turks and Caicos and if it works out, we\’d come back next season. It was one of our favorite stops in the entire Eastern Caribbean. All good things must move on and we were looking forward to arriving

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Position Report – Calabash Bay – NW corner Long Island, Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/20 19:36 LATITUDE: 23-39.48N LONGITUDE: 075-20.34W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.5 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Calabash Bay – NW corner Long Island, Bahamas We\’re adjacent to the Cape Santa Maria Resort and one of the several Columbus Monuments. The 24 volt

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Position Report – Clarence Town, Long Island Cay – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/16 19:24 LATITUDE: 23-06.20N LONGITUDE: 074-57.01W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.3 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Clarence Town, Long Island Cay – Bahamas We were at the NE end of Crooked Island last night. This morning we heard a grinding sound (which

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Position Report – Abraham\’s Bay, Mayaguana Island – Bahamas

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/13 21:38 LATITUDE: 22-21.55N LONGITUDE: 072-58.63W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 95% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013.6 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Abraham\’s Bay, Mayaguana Island – Bahamas We had a FABULOUS time in the Turks and Caicos. We both took kiteboard lessons! Photos to follow. We departed

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Turks and Caicos…..

April 29th – May 13th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We departed San Juan for what would be our only multi-day sail of the season; most unusual! The weather was perfect and we had a full mainsail and reacher on a starboard tack for the expected 48 hour trip. As the day progressed, the

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POSITION REPORT – Turtle Cove Marina, Provo – Turks & Caicos

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/05/05 18:10 LATITUDE: 21-47.13N LONGITUDE: 072-13.66W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: WNW CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1012.7 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Turtle Cove Marina, Provo – Turks & Caicos We came around with an unusual west wind. First light and then 30 knots just before we entered

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