January 5th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family (yes, midnight has just arrived as I write!) Happy Birthday Laurie Robertson, wherever you may be! I last left you in 22 knots of wind, sailing West toward \”PGA\” having departed the island of Guanaja in the Bay of Islands, Honduras. We had a lovely […]
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January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, I last left you hanging with the description of the elements needed for a \”weather window\” to get from the Rio Dulce of Guatemala around \”Punta Gracias Adios\” (Thank God Point). We did indeed escape the Rio Dulce, the last hurdle being the very shallow
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January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, A whole lots happened since we wrote you just the other day. First, we went to visit friends Peter and Laurie of Switch 51, \”Zia\” and were hoping to have a relaxing New Years Day! Not to be. We leisurely started doing the last minute
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December 31st, 2015 (-6 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family! Well, it\’s been a long time since we last checked in with you and this one will be brief. We have had the boat in Guatemala since June and have done EXTENSIVE work aboard \”Beach House\”. We\’ve also been to Skye and Sean\’s Wedding in
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March 17th – 24th, 2015 (-6 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, (LOTS OF PHOTOS and a VIDEO at the end of this post) Our trip to the entrance to the Rio Dulce of Guatemala from Placencia, Belize wasn’t particularly exciting until we arrived at the entrance to the “Rio”. The charts show low tide
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March 4th – March 17th, 2015 (-6 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We negotiated the somewhat tricky entrance at San Pedro, Belize and as we’d been just on the move, decided to take the afternoon off. Dennis and Lisette on “Windward” had checked in that morning and said it was a breeze. We went
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February 24th – March 3rd, 2015 (UTC -5) Quintanaroo, Mexico has decided to stay on US East Coast time despite being as far east as Texas! Dear Friends and Family, We departed Isla Mujeres and motored with little wind down the coast for the 30 mile trip to Puerto Morelos, Mexico – still in the
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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
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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
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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
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