So we had left Culebra in our last post. Now we’re nicely making way into our passage northwest - at least for a few days and nights toward the point of East Bahamas marker at 26N 68W. Wind was just aft of starboard beam, and Fayaway is really screaming along at 7-plus knots, flying a …
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Dreaming For Decades
You read many books, attended seminars and became immersed in the how-to’s. You have become obsessed with passionate stories by Moitessier, Roth, Kretchmer, Baldwin, etc. Imagine having dreamed for decades that you're going to do this bigger trip, and intensively planned for another five years, then executing. You are going to slow your life down, …
Just Another Day In Paradise
Our private little anchorage, includes sun, mangroves and pelicans for entertainment. We recently celebrated a birthday, and it was actually a very good one. Despite my growing old, world turmoil, and our sequestered status, my special day was filled with great things for our amusement. A beautiful sunrise, an abundance of chirping playful birds, brisk …
Island Cars
Here’s an off-the-same-‘ol-road topic we don’t see in the cruising magazines. On the road less travelled, other side of the fence, horse of a different color, flip-side of the coin. Not yet another beautiful sunset. Fun nonetheless. I first read of the fitting term Island Cars in a book called Bucking The Tide, by David …
Senses Working Overtime
We’re out in the environment constantly, living aboard a focal point, rich with fascinating sensations. As I observe the sun slowly peaking over the silhouette hills of an eastern shoreline, I vaguely hear road machinery, hillside goats, chirping (and gahawing) birds, and crashing surf from ashore. Oh how I wish I could capture in writing …