Perusing Fayaway’s logbook, I realize that we visited nine countries and stepped four bare feet upon forty (40) distinct islands between late November and May (‘22-‘23 season). At only one sandy spit did we not actually anchor - because it was so crowded we motored across the busy thoroughfare with Korykory.) Wow, we have so …
Month: July 2023
Sailing Onomatopoeia
A kind reader recently commented at how he enjoys the more mundane of my postings. Enjoy! On a tracking post (pre-April ‘23) I defined Sailing Perfection - just the right amount of wind and calm-enough seas to make-way an easy 7+ knots. During another such bout of fantastic bounding across the ocean, distantly offshore, reclining …
Spare Bits – How Much Is Enough?
We reached the decision point, while on a brisk sleigh ride ENE. Seemingly non-intuitive, we decided to exit the Gulf Stream while riding along at a respectable 8 knot clip. It didn’t feel right. However, to avoid getting slammed by yet another northerly around Cape Hatteras we cut diagonally across the Gulf Stream speedway on …
SV Fayaway 