All Alone.....except for the whales

Caribsailor — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:29:00 +0100

First morning single handed and arrive just after sunrise at the Silver Backs

I had read that it was a wintering area for humpbac...

North of PR

Caribsailor — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:03:00 +0100

19°13.336’N 066°04.210’W

Auto Helm is doing a fine job of holding course. Winds are good, no traffic.

On the Way

Caribsailor — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:07:00 +0100

Finally got under way and set a course of 310M to shirt the silver banks and come into Grand Turk on the East side of the island.

Soggy Dollar Bar

Caribsailor — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:16:00 +0100

Spent the day watching charters boats come into the bay drop their hooks and everyone bail off and swim to shore for a drink at the Soggy Dollar Ba...

Moving

Caribsailor — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:06:00 +0100

Decided to explore a little of the BVI’s and untied from the dock and moved over to White Bay on Jost Van Dyke Island.

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Still waiting

Caribsailor — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:56:00 +0100

Still waiting

Crew Jumps Ship

Caribsailor — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:46:00 +0100

The weather window doesn’t seem to want to open for a couple of days and my crew needs to get back to work so they are leaving a few days...

Another day

Caribsailor — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:36:00 +0100

Another day of weather and no window. Oh well there are worse places to be stuck hanging out

Tortola

Caribsailor — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 17:26:00 +0100

Still in Tortola, a front is passing and we’re waiting for a weather window befor we push on to the Turks & Caicos Islands

Wrong weather info

Caribsailor — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:16:00 +0100

Arrived into Road Harbour and tied upto a mooring ball at 0837 after having a very uncomfortable night passage. Winds built to 25 knots and seas al...

Oh Well

Caribsailor — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:06:00 +0100

We decided to motor to the French side in the morning pick up some fuel and head to Tortola……….Well that was the plan...

Hind Site

Caribsailor — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 06:10:00 +0100

On the hook in Simpson Bay waiting for the bridge to open at 1600 into the Lagoon, so we could get fuel. Decided not to go inside as we would be tr...

Dominica to St Maarten

Caribsailor — Fri, 27 Feb 2004 06:00:00 +0100

Depart Dominica at 0600 under power as there was no wind.

at 0715 we shut down the engine and set full main and headsail

St. Lucia to Dominica

Caribsailor — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 05:50:00 +0100

Headed out again bright and early, don’t think we woke anyone up on out departure

Picture is of a church in Soufriere B...

Bequia to St Lucia

Caribsailor — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:03:00 +0100

Raised anchor and head North East 034 M for Marigot Bay.

Nice sail, winds 10-15 from 090

Cleared in and out an...

Departure

Caribsailor — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:11:00 +0100

Raised anchor and headed north to Bequia and Admiralty Bay for our first night.

Arrived into Bequia 1716 and on the hook for the ...

I Love Commuting!

All Alone.....except for the whales

North of PR

On the Way

Soggy Dollar Bar

Moving

Still waiting

Crew Jumps Ship

Another day

Tortola

Wrong weather info

Oh Well

Hind Site

Dominica to St Maarten

St. Lucia to Dominica

Bequia to St Lucia

Departure