Category Archives: At Sea

Interesting sail to Guadeloupe

We’re here in Guadeloupe safe and sound. It was an interesting trip. We left Falmouth Harbour around 7am this morning and very soon had the sails up. It took another 30-40 minutes before we were out of the lee of … Continue reading

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Climbing back to civilization

We’re about 3 hours out of Barbuda with 2 hours left to sail. Our destination is Dickinson Bay which is a bit of a touristy spot. We’re supposed to be able to get fresh veg here which will be nice. … Continue reading

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Barbuda

We were all up at 6am this morning for final boat prep for a 7am departure to Barbuda. Given the forecasts we decided to prepare the Code Zero for a nice beam reach. Well – we ended up with a … Continue reading

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A Jolly Happy New Year to one and all

Last night the winds never built high enough to sail more than 3 knots in any direction so we motor sailed. According to plan then meant we went direct to Antigua where we headed to Jolly Harbour to check in. … Continue reading

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Leaving Gustavia, St Barts

Things didn’t go to plan when leaving Gustavia. Around 3pm on Thursday we prepared to leave. Helen was at the anchor, I was at the helm. Before the anchor was fully raised, the windlass stopped working. We were left in … Continue reading

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