I’m quite sad to share that our beloved FRIB 330, Squall, left us suddenly this morning around 11:30 am. She passed quickly from a burst seam in the bow. We knew her time was running short – a PVC dinghy doesn’t have a hugely long lifespan when constantly exposed to sun as she was, but […]
After making our grand entrance at York River Yacht Haven, the rest of the week was, thankfully, a quiet one. Memorial Day was supposed to be stormy so we didn’t have grand plans, but we took an Uber over to Yorktown and wandered the streets a bit. We took the Riverwalk to the American Revolution […]
We’d been monitoring weather closer than a meteorologist for the entire week. Every time the new models came out, Chris was studying them. And all they did was add to the confusion. One minute, we’d have a lovely rounding. The next, it was “expect hellfire with a solid chance of brimstone”. Right up until Friday […]
Once we were anchor down in Wrightsville Beach, we raised the yellow Q (quarantine) flag to signal that we were not yet cleared into the US, and Chris submitted our application on the Customs and Border Patrol ROAM app. We broke out the two Strongbacks I picked up in Marsh Harbour to celebrate our passage […]
If I told you I wasn’t terrified, I’d be lying. But there was no turning back. For better or worse, for the first time, it was just the two of us and Windara. In a way, it was massively freeing. We didn’t have to wait for crew to arrive, and we didn’t have to worry […]
Starting the journey north We headed over to Great Guana mid-week after fueling up. There was a storm forming to the north as we left that, thankfully, just missed us. Mike and Emma had headed over earlier and we met up at Grabbers for dinner. It’s crazy to me sometimes that this is just our […]
With a great deal of reluctance, we dropped the lines just after sunrise and said “so long” to our beloved Hope Town for the season. But part of me was happy to feel the deck move under my feet again. The wind was light so we just motored over to Man-O-War and dropped the hook […]
After Treasure, we sailed down to Man-o-War and spent a rolly day and night at anchor as the large offshore swell wrapped around both sides of the island. We thought we’d be protected but there was no escaping it, so after work we headed for the lee of Elbow Cay. We found a good spot […]
We were curious to finally visit Treasure Cay after having spent so much time in the Abacos and never having gotten there. We’d heard mixed reviews post-Dorian and were looking forward to forming our own opinion. We cautiously made our way in on a rising tide. The channel is narrow with obvious shoaling – charts […]
We left the anchorage at Egg Island with the sunrise along with a fleet of at least 6 other boats, which continued to grow throughout the day. The wind was right on the edge of where we’re willing to fly a spinnaker, and we later kicked ourselves for not rigging it. The wind started out […]