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Turn the [Boat] Around

The day started with a muted but beautiful sunrise, and we hauled anchor around 0830. We had a warm, sunny day but barely any wind so we found ourselves motoring most of the way up the Sea of Abaco. I would have loved to be able to stop at Allans-Pensacola or Powell Cay, but there […]

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Holy F***ing Sh!t

“United States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, this is the sailing vessel Silent Sky. Over.” Warning: this one may be a bit incoherent/out of order/adrenaline-laced. I’m posting this in real time, so the next two posts actually happened before this. We were just hit by the most severe thunderstorms either […]

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Squally

We left Little Harbour first thing in the morning so we could be at anchor before work. A light rain fell as we prepared to go, but it cleared out by the time we departed. It was an absolute flat calm morning, and it was the first time we weren’t getting rocked and rolled by […]