Monthly Archives: October 2009

Tortuga

Arrived safely. Everything put away. Place looks cool. We did see dolphin in the end. Caught no fish although line with ballyhoo was snapped or bitten. Hope it wasn’t the dolphin. More tomorrow. INSERT_MAP

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Margarita -> Tortuga

Early to bed and early to rise and we were off to Tortuga just after 3am. We motored out of the immediate anchorage but soon put up main and head sail and started sailing in the dark. The wind was … Continue reading

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Shopping

Fuel guys came round last night and gave us 340 liters of fuel. I think they may have overstated the amount but the price was pretty good. We went back to the place where we earlier had beers for dinner … Continue reading

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Margarita

It was an interesting trip here to Margarita. The winds were pretty lousy all the way. Friends of ours who came this way a few weeks ago seemed to race over. That being said we learned a lot about our … Continue reading

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Enroute from Los Testigos to Margarita

We woke at 3am this morning in the pitch dark. The moon had not yet risen and was only due to be a sliver. Off on the Venezuelan coast thunderstorms flashed every few seconds. Where we were the winds were … Continue reading

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