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Let the Racing Begin!
... tradewinds to the distinctive landmark off the island of Anguilla called Blowing Rock.
“Coincidentally, the race committee on the B circle also designated a course that would take most of its fleet across the Anguilla Channel to, yes, Blowing Rock. As it happened, at midday today the entire fleet—the B boats reaching up from the south, and the A divisions running downwind under spinnaker from the east—rendezvoused ...
Journée en mer
... pour St Martin est encore longue: on accoste demain à 10h. Nous sommes chanceux, il n'y aura que deux bateaux de croisière au port contrairement à huit la semaine dernière!
A St-Martin, nous avons choisi de faire un tour de l'île avec des arrêts photos (sortie de 3 heures). Le soleil se lève sur le bateau, le ciel est degagé avec quelques petits nuages blancs... Bientôt nous pourrons crier "TERRE EN VUE COMMODORE"!
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Day 1
... there yesterday…or 6 weeks ago, whatever.
I should make a note here to explain all the shoes for those who don’t know – I organized a basketball shoe drive for the kids of Grand Case that I met when I was in St. Martin for Emily’s wedding. Many of the kids played ball in bare feet on outdoor courts, so I thought they would really appreciate some shoes to play in. I ended up bringing 18 pairs of shoes with me, some of ...
Quiet weekend.
... same sort of thing happened again today. I decided that I needed to get some fresh air, so at lunch time I went for a walk, and found somewhere to get some lunch. It was SO windy though, I came right back home again in fear of getting blown away. I guess, even though there is no rain today, we're still getting some of the Tropical Storm. I had a look at the beach as I walked down the road to see if ...
Twice Around the Island – The Big Race
... tri to arrive had difficulty with one of its sails and didn’t appear to cross the finish line. It looked like it finally gave up and motored into the anchorage. The second and smaller tri finished a short time later and we estimated its corrected time would be very close to ours. They may have taken third instead of us.
At the awards party we met and mingled with the crew of Kittycat and exchanged stories. They were real cruisers and ...
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