San Andreas is more cosmopolitan than Providencia Leaving the quiet and lovely snorkeling in the small Columbian island of Providencia, we sailed to another Columbian island, San Andreas. More built up, very much a beach town vibe like Ocean City, … Continue reading San Andreas, Columbia, Panama crossing & canal, Italy!
Great Inagua We didn’t stay very long on this island, but rather used it as a stepping stone to secure our “Zarpe” and wait for weather for the crossing to Jamaica. Customs in Georgetown, Great Exhumas doesn’t like to provide … Continue reading Goodbye Bahamas, hello Jamaica
North Bimini Our first land after leaving Florida, was North Bimini where we tied up at Blue Waters Marina, to wait for some weather to pass. During that time, we were able to see the Dolphin House which reminded Don … Continue reading Florida to the Bahamas
Sooo excited, we had a yellow breasted bird visiting us on the ocean crossing for two days. It inspired Lisa to create our boat logo art. This is superimposed for now. Need to arrange for someone to bring it down… … Continue reading Original art for our hulls
When you do an ocean crossing, there are many attributes you would look for in the perfect crew: knowledge, experience, good judgment, small footprint, multitasking, easy to live with, clean smelling, and good-natured. Lisa and Ken Karsten exhibited all these … Continue reading Goodbye to the best crew ever!
We’ve crossed the ARC starting line and are off to the Bahamas. To track s/v enjoy specifically go to: https://www.worldcruising.com/carib1500/eventfleetviewer.aspx or load the ybtracker app. If you use the ybtracker app, you’ll want to go to the fleet tracker and select a Rally or Race. Choose ARC Bahamas. That information is updated every 4 hours and is talking to a little yellow tracker beacon on the back of our boat. Continue reading We’re off!
So we’re doing last minute food provisioning, tying down the extra water, diesel, and gas tanks. More headlamps and flashlights and did I mention the kayak? Our crew (Ken and Lisa Karsten) arrived in time for the skippers briefing on weather, routing, and safety. Got those mini marshmallows but can only fit a turkey breast in the freezer for Thanksgiving. Getting extremely excited! Continue reading Last day of preparations
Although we had 16 life vests, the safety concious folks running the ARC Bahamas require auto inflatable life vests with built in crotch straps! Don found a sale that just expired at Spinlock, and they honored it two days late … Continue reading 76 days and we have to have crotch straps?
Just another beautiful day on the Chesapeake Bay Continue reading Captain Don at the helm
