Raccoon Cay in The Raggeds: Deserted anchorage on this day, but earlier evidence of plentiful cruisers - a place to safely burn paper trash high on the beach. Preface: Kelly and I approached the shallows of Hog Cay as typical: cautious, watchful of electronic and visual cues of both bottom indicators and of nearby boats. …
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Derecho
We’re never too old to learn, and this morning I learned a new (to me) weather term: A derecho is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system. Derechos cause hurricane-force winds, heavy rains, and flash floods. Roht Roh (Scooby Doo …
Ragged Roundup
Our second time visiting these remote islands brings back fond memories of our first visit two years ago. Fortunately, there are so many coves, caves and coral "bommie" clusters to visit, it could take years just to scratch that itch to visit every single one. New activities, and friends too! A portable floating dock makes …
Dolce Far Niente
Italian, literally, “Sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness” In a world packed with deadlines, and schedules from the time you get up until you get to bed, this philosophy pushes us to embrace taking time away from the pressure of stress, goals and to-do lists on tight schedules. In The Raggeds for three weeks, we’ve fully …
Taste of Ragged Beauty
Fayaway’s course from Puerto Rico to The Ragged Islands. We do not associate the idea of antiquity with the ocean, nor wonder how it looked a thousand years ago, as we do of the land, for it was equally wild and unfathomable always. Henry David Thoreau We “cleared out” of Puerto Real on a Wednesday …
SV Fayaway 