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November 7, 2025 As I write this we are just over 590 nautical miles (nm) from our departure port of Hampton, VA. We’re making our way with several other Salty Dawgs to Antigua with another 930 nm to go! We average about 180 miles per 24 hour day (of course it varies widely based on
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October 14, 2025 We had a fantastic summer at home in Marblehead – it just went by so fast! Since we made it back home relatively early (late May) we had an extra 5+ weeks at home this year and it still went by way too quickly. Summer highlights included meeting our new great
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April to May 2025 We only spent a few days in Turks & Caicos (TCI), but we will definitely be back. The South Bank Marina on Providenciales was great – it’s small – only about 10 transient slips, but they helped coordinate everything including customs. The customs agent came right to the marina and processed
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March to April 2025 Sorry in advance – this is a bit of a long one as we’ve been so busy the past couple of months – but it’s the 2nd to last installment of Season 2 so hopefully you can bear with me. Though Billy was reticent to turn the bow north, after several
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February 2025 – March 2025 One of the challenges we’ve found cruising and maintaining the boat, is that in order to actually get projects done, you have to stay somewhere long enough to complete it. This season we wanted to add “chaps” to the dingy which is a projective canvas covering that keeps the sun
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January – February 2025 After the kids departed in early January, we headed south to the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Since we were going to spend a good amount of time in these territories we decided to try and work on our French. We signed up for Babble and while we did several
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December 20th -January 4th We were so excited to have the kids come down this year to spend Christmas (and New Years!) with us in Antigua. Trevor, Sarah, Ryan, Bridget and Willy all came down – it was an awesome crew! Our great friends the Fillenworth family also joined us as they chartered a catamaran
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November – December 2024 Last year we were on the move for most of the cruising season and didn’t spend extended time in any one place. This year, the plan is to take it a bit slower so that we can settle in and get to know each island better. We’ve been in Antigua for
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October 31st – November 18th, 2024 It’s hard to believe it was over 3 weeks ago that we departed Hampton, VA for Antigua. The trip was amazing and even more remarkable was the fact that we actually arrived into Antigua (with a 2 day stop in Bermuda) just in time to fly back to the
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Wednesday October 30, 2024 We’ve been busy in Hampton VA getting ready for our offshore passage to Antiqua. We’ve checked that all our systems are in order, gotten things fixed (because something breaks almost everyday on a boat), bought some equipment and gear (because Billy just can’t help himself) and have made our final preparations.
Carried Away 