Many ships have run aground here When transiting from Spanish Wells to Harbor Island (Dunmore town), we needed to cross the famous Devils Backbone. .According to a Bahamas Out Islands promo site ” Eleuthera was first settled in the 1600’s by … Continue reading The Devils Backbone…
What is hurricane season anyway? For cruisers, each boat insurance policy defines hurricane season differently. Ours starts July 15 through November 1. Currently, S/V Enjoy must be North of the Florida/Georgia line during hurricane season. Yes, we could change that. … Continue reading We’re coming home!
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!
I caught your attention didn’t I? Where to start? Two days into our sail to the Bahamas from Portsmouth, VA our port engine died. Don and Ken (I gave up after a day) have been troubleshooting non stop. Low air … Continue reading Dead engine, fishing weed, what next?
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, in follow up to my last post about daily check-ins via SSBs, when in transit, boats must monitor Channel 16 on the maritime mobile band very high frequency (VHF) radio for emergency communications like May Day. Of course, sailors … Continue reading Red is bad, blue is good, green is us!
19:00:00 days left; yesterday we did our first Costco run. Where will it all go? That’s the challenge of boat living! I found a Southwestern recipe to marinate the skirt steak and a lime cilantro marinade for the chicken. Only … Continue reading Started provisioning food today
It’s not too late to join us on the Rhode River for a fun weekend of seminars and new friends! www.ssca.org Continue reading Underway to the SSCA gam
Thank you Don for creating this terrific Youtube video of our first crossing with S/V Enjoy from St. Martin to Annapolis, MD. Continue reading Crossing from St. Martin to Annapolis, MD
