Not really such a big deal to travel by sail - many have traveled our trip many times before. Many still wish they could. “Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you” ... Dr. Seuss With our friend Shawn on St Kitts But we'd like to think we had …
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Long Strange Trip (so far)
Having been anchored in a small cove on the north side of Ensenada Honda, a little bay in Culebra, Puerto Rico, we enjoyed a tranquil existence. We chuckled as we complained about the air temperature dropping below 80 degrees. We bristled at a “cold” upwelling of water might have touched our naked undersides while on …
Back To The Future – Rope Rigging
Our Wauquiez Pretorien Fayaway was designed in the late nineteen seventies, loosely following design trends of IOR rules for ocean racers at that time. Fortunately, our design followed after some significant portions of the rules were updated, making ours a very safe and stable design. Furthermore, our Pretorien was designed primarily as a euro-styled cruiser, …
How We Got Here (part 2 of 2)
In the first part I described how we started this adventure, and not in the sense of casting off, but how it really started. We left off at the point of changing our anticipated date of departure, but had yet to tell everyone in our lives... Sailor Kelly works At Fayaway’s taffrail We were living …
Already Missing Annapolis
We left Annapolis at 0500 after eleven days, now bound for Hampton, VA. While anchored in Weem's Creek, we met friendly neighbors the first day on Five &Dime, and had convenient access to a little "beach" area where all the cruisers pulled up their dinghies. There were trash barrels, a park bench, and several telephone …
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