Let’s face it, Bermuda is a cool place. A crossover culture between early British colonial and conservative modernization, Bermuda seems to move more thoughtfully. Perhaps it’s the year-round dress shorts or gushing politeness that first envelopes you as you humbly apply for entry via Customs and Immigration. Addressing new visitors as “My Love”, Officer Hadley …
Continue reading Bermuda to Tortola: Part 3 of 3 Delivering Love A’Fayre
Just two short years ago, as Fayaway began dashing eastward across the Atlantic Gulf Stream, a weather pattern called a large low-pressure trough was high above the plain states and making its own way toward the east coast of the United States. We were about 300 miles offshore, en route to the tropical island of …
Continue reading Bermuda Saves Us Again – Part 2 of 3 Delivering Love A’Fayre
Jolly Harbor, Antigua that is. And that's from St George's, Bermuda. We had to repeat that today to a couple guys on a holiday from New York. It always seems to take me aback when people are surprised to hear that we sailed here. And yes, to answer another common question, it is only the …
Or More Antigua Passage Notes. Decades ago, during one of my very first offshore passages, slogging down the east coast of New England, a familiar Old Salt in a nearby sailing vessel often used the term rock and roll to describe our condition over the radio. He'd say with a twangy drawl, We loooove rock …
...We're ready to go. How many rum swizzles does it take!? After an unplanned arrival in darkness through a treacherous coral entrance nine days ago, we are making preparations for the departure from Bermuda by an easier route. This time we'll pass outward through the reefed gateway during daylight, and it will be on our …
SV Fayaway 