We’ve just touched bottom (just-literally and touched-figuratively, at least via anchor) at our 15th distinct island since leaving Virginia last November 1st. We’re going to stay put here in the BVIs for another week (oh darn;), allowing us to suck a few more warm breaths of sunny air into our salty lungs, and with which …
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Written In The Sand
Happy New Year! We hope you are gaining ground to be successful in your 2020 pursuits. It's lovely here in the warm and windy Caribbean, and there's so much more for us to see and do. We want more time to spend exploring islands and meeting interesting folks. So I'm writing this post to let …
Which Way Do We Go?
Reader Intervention Requested! Pondering during our relaxation from travel period here in Beautiful Antigua, we start discussing the next places to visit. You may recall me responding to questions about where we are going, even before we left. Ok, you got one of us to answer reluctantly, perhaps saying, “South”, which may have then sounded …
Rock And Roll
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 …
Bermuda We Love You, But…
...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 