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As I write this next post, we have experienced the terribly sad and heartbreaking loss of Billy’s sister Bonnie. Bonnie had been fighting lung cancer for many years and for a while had it under control, but just over a year ago it showed signs of advancing and while she was heroic in her approach
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The next island on our journey south was Martinique. We stopped in two beautiful ports – and while our French is not the best, the islanders were lovely and we got by ordering lots of baguettes and croissants! Our first port of call was Saint-Pierre on the north side of the Martinique’s west coast. We
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February 19 – March 5th, 2024 We are now making our way south to the Winward Islands which was our goal for this season – to get as far south as Granada. We sailed from Antigua to the lovely little town of Deshaies on Guadeloupe. It’s pronounced “Day-ay” which took us a while to get
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January 3rd – February 17th, 2024 When we first told our Salty Dawg Sailing Association friends (who are very experienced cruisers) that we were going to head west to the BVI for Christmas, they said we were crazy! It would guarantee having to beat back into the usually strong east winds to get back to Saint
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We let the kids decide where to meet for the Christmas holidays and they unanimously picked the British Virgin Islands. We had visited there 10 years ago with our friends the Fillenworth’s and the kids were keen to return. It did not disappoint! With a good weather window Bill and I arrived via an overnight sail from
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It’s impossible. Absolutely impossible to share all the cool experiences and photos from our first few weeks in the Caribbean and keep it a length you will actually want to read! But, I’ll do my best. Having arrived from Hampton VA to Antigua we settled into Nelsons Dockyard in English Harbor with all the Salty
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We spent the last couple of weeks of October cruising the Chesapeake and getting some key upgrades (new lithium batteries), preparing to go off shore. We visited several lovely harbors including the Solomon Islands (Mill Creek) and Deltaville (Jackson Creek) but spent most of the time at Yankee Point Marina in Lancaster, VA getting the
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We left Baltimore on Wednesday October 11th and headed south to Annapolis for the sailboat show. In addition to seeking key suppliers regarding boat upgrades, we were really excited to meet the Salty Dawg Sailing Association (SDSA) members who were attending the show. We had heard form our friends aboard SV Minerva (Billy and Kelly
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With our sights set on the Caribbean for winter 23/24, we headed off from Marblehead on Thursday September 21st (our 32nd anniversary ) with good friends (and great crew!) Scott & Kimberley Fillenworth. We left early on a beautiful fall day (little wind but lots of sun) and made it through the Cape Cod Canal
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Phase 1 – April 27th – May 14th #1 Crew (Ryan and Nate) headed back to Boston and the next day Billy’s sister Pam and our hired Captain – Pirate Mike Brown – joined to start the 2300 mile journey home. We had a great dinner at a local spot in St. Thomas then departed
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