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 […]
Bahamas to TITSNBN…..as it turns out:-) Read More »
January 25th, 2015 (-5 hrs on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We had a nice weather window to leave Ft. Lauderdale on with the cold fronts from up north providing a nice WNWesterly to scoot the 71 miles to Old Bahama Bay Marina at the northwest end of Grand Bahama Island. Our plan has been
2015 Season Begins!…Ft. Lauderdale to The Abacos – Bahamas Read More »
Grand Exuma Island, Bahamas to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida…The end of the season May 21st – June 8th, 2014 Update as of November 20th, 2014. We’re catching up now (sorry it took so long) on our end of season for 2014. We are currently getting ready to depart Ft. Lauderdale which will be sometime in December.
Grand Exuma Island, Bahamas to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida…The end of the season Read More »
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
The Bahamas – Mayaguana to Long Island……Part 1 Read More »
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
Turks and Caicos….. Read More »
April 20th – 29th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, 20th – 22nd April – Vieques, Spanish VI After a long leisurely (Easter Sunday) breakfast on the boat in St Croix we set off for a glorious 5 hour downwind sail to the island of Vieques. This was the first anchorage of the season where
Spanish Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico…… Read More »
April 14th – 20th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, First, Happy Birthday \”Beach House\”. She was launched 10 years ago on April 15th. Friends and followers Clark and Vincent who live in France were on our maiden voyage with Cindy and me. Life\’s memories – both bitter and sweet….. Well, once the Customs Caper
US Virgin Islands – Part 2 – The Rest of the Story!…..:-) Read More »
April 14th-15th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, So this is the \”get it out of my system\” blog! it will be replaced tomorrow by the \”fun part\” of the USVI. Some of you may be bored, some may laugh….I hope the later. If it\’s not your cup of tea, skip it and wait till
US Virgin Islands – Part 1 – The Customs Tango….. Read More »
April 6th – April 14th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We were looking forward to the 75 mile day sail from Anguilla to Virgin Gorda as it would be only our second chance this season to use our spinnaker pole. The spinnaker pole allows us to sail more or less directly downwind. You can
British Virgin Islands aka: the "BVI"….. Read More »
April 5th & 6th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) ****NOTE: The posting of our last blog didn\’t work as it was a bit too long for a remote post from the boat. I\’ve been able to re-post it via the internet and now it\’s ready for viewing. It\’s the post under \”Ship\’s Blog\” at the top
Anguilla – a one night stand…..:-) Read More »