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March 2026 We planned this season to spend more time in the Bahamas as there are so many beautiful islands and we always feel we are rushing through on our way home. Bobby Alves had come down from Gloucester to help us sail the 700+ miles from the BVIs up to Georgetown. We had a…
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Late January – Early March 2026 We had family and friends coming to meet us in Antigua and Guadeloupe in February so we needed to head back “east” from the Virgin Islands. It’s always a bit of a challenge sailing into the trade winds and you have to wait for the right weather window. We…
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January 31, 2026 After the kids departed in late December, we needed to get in position to leave the boat so we could head home for Mather and Abby’s wedding on January 3rd in NY. That meant we had to get the boat in place on Old Years Night (that’s what they call New Year’s…
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January 15, 2026 The kids picked the Virgin Islands for our Christmas cruise this year, which had us moving north and west from Antigua in early December. En route, we spent a few days in St. Barts with our good friends Dawn and Stephen (SV Pilar). It was early in the season so finding a…
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December 6, 2025 It’s hard to believe it’s been over a month since we dropped the dock lines in Hampton VA bound for Antigua. As I explained in my last installment, we hit a rough spell on what we now refer to as “Night 2” of the passage, with winds up to 38 knots and…
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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…
Carried Away 