Voyages

POSITION REPORT – Baths of Virgin Gorda, (BVI)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/08 12:02 LATITUDE: 18-26.17N LONGITUDE: 064-26.75W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016.7 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Baths of Virgin Gorda A lovely night off Spanish Town Marina inside a sweet little protected reef. We moved VERY early this morning to the famous […]

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POSITION REPORT – Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town Harbor Anchorage, BVI

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/07 18:36 LATITUDE: 18-26.82N LONGITUDE: 064-26.40W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town Harbor Anchorage, BVI We were told of a little secret spot right outside Spanish Harbor. We have the anchorage to ourself and

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POSITION REPORT Virgin Gorda Sound – Saba Rock, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/06 21:20 LATITUDE: 18-29.89N LONGITUDE: 064-21.66W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1015.2 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Virgin Gorda Sound – Saba Rock, British Virgin Islands (BVI) Fabulous sail, almost straight downwind all day. Passed Richard Branson\’s Private Island (Necker Island) on the

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POSITION REPORT – EN ROUTE – Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/06 15:03 LATITUDE: 18-21.36N LONGITUDE: 063-42.80W COURSE: 286T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1017.3 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C SEA_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) We\’re having a

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Anguilla – a one night stand…..:-)

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

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POSITION REPORT – Road Bay – Sandy Ground Beach, Anguilla

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/05 16:59 LATITUDE: 18-11.98N LONGITUDE: 063-05.59W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016.5 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Road Bay, Sandy Ground Beach, Anguilla We departed for the short ride to Anguilla from St. Martin and were in tandem with SWITCH #5!…The long missing,

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St. Maarten/St. Martin…..

March 31st – April 5th 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We were sad to leave St Barth\’s. Friends Richard Spindler and Donna de Mallorca told us it was the best of the Caribbean. They spend 3 months per season here (which is the entire season for them). We could see why. Being here for

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POSITION REPORT – Marigot Bay, St. Martin (French side)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/03 14:07 LATITUDE: 18-04.14N LONGITUDE: 063-05.65W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1014.5 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Marigot Bay, St. Martin (French side) We decided to go around the west end as the French side exit to Simpson\’s Bay is only 30 feet

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POSITION REPORT – Simpsons Bay Marina, St. Maarten (Dutch side)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/03/31 23:20 LATITUDE: 18-02.05N LONGITUDE: 063-05.39W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Simpson\’s Bay Marina, St. Maarten (Dutch side) We REALLY enjoyed our 5 days at St. Bart\’s. The St. Bart\’s Bucket Regatta AND the bonus of seeing

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St. Barth\’s…..

March 26th – 31st, 2014 (-4 on UTC) (Same as New York on Daylight Savings time) Dear F&F, After sailing by our \”competition\” from St. Kitt\’s, arriving at the French island of St. Barth\’s was wild and entertaining. We saw several \”mega yachts\” sailing around looking like they were practicing for a race. Indeed they

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