So, I want to tell you about this little adventure that some (choose your own adjective) people do. It’s called the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, and every year people row little boats 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. For Fun. Some years ago I thought I would like to do it but Nancy suggested
So, our two day stay in Barbuda lingered into two weeks! We can’t think of a better place to just get away from it all: a four mile-long beach of the most perfect, fine sand, complete solitude, and a friendly bartender with a killer rum punch at the end of the stroll. We anchored along
We spent the last week roaming around Antigua anchorages. We had Five Island Harbor to ourselves most of the time where the beaches were full of small, perfect, shells. I’m going to make a necklace with mine. Nancy had a dentist appointment on Wednesday, so we headed to St. John on Monday, but we found
So, we finally ditched the cold weather in Bermuda. After 10 days of rain and wind we set out for Antigua on a pleasant, sunny day. Randy checking our progress! The first couple of days we endured variable winds and spent some time motoring. But on the third day out things began
So, here we are in beautiful, sunny Bermuda. No, scratch that. The wind has been blowing a steady 28 knots since it chased us into St. George Saturday morning and, along with intermittent rain, and 60 degree temps, will continue through at least Thursday. The sail down the Bay from Indian Creek was bracing,
Ready to drop the dock lines from Oxford Boatyard. What a beautiful and welcoming town. So, we finally got away from the dock for good this time! Heading out at 7am with the sun warming us ( a bit). Randy looking a little smug about his prowess at leaving such a challenging slip.
A short haul to clean and inspect the bottom after a summer in the Chesapeake! She looked much better going back in a couple hours later. Unfortunately we just have the “before” photo. So, here we are, still in beautiful Oxford. At least I got the heater connected! Tuesday we left the dock and
So, here we are back in beautiful Oxford. We’re on the ten day countdown to our departure for Bermuda and points South. We have collected a couple of unsuspecting crewmen for the trip and are looking forward to getting underway again. But first a quick recap of the latest adventures. We flew Screaming Baby
Boy, where has the time gone? We are safely back in Oxford, MD after an adventuresome 6 week shakedown cruise. There sure was a lot of shaking. We headed across the bay to the South River where the inverter/charger gave up the ghost. Then the anchor windless failed to fire when we wanted to
From the Boss to the Travel Lift to the water… the team at Safe Harbor Oxford boatyard make it look easy. They have been amazing for the 2+ years we have been here. Randy and I only sweated a little bit watching our future home moving across the yard. Next came the
