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"Safe" and Sound back on land
Yesterday morning we left Saba Rock and set sail for a group of islands called "The Dogs" for some great snorkeling. We had a fun little adventure trying to unhinge the boat from being stuck sideways on the buoy, but we prevailed. After lunch, we set sail again for Cooper Island, where we got even more great snorkeling in. All in all, another great day of sailing (including some wing-on-wing action!). One last round of painkillers at Cooper Island Beach Club and then ...
Great Expectations, Great Escapes
... skipping anchor initially told us we hadn’t but eventually we appeared to be holding—the question became, exactly how? The boat was not pointing into the wind where the anchor went down but that could be influenced by winds swirling around the points of land. But wow, what a terrific spot!
With questions of holding paramount in our minds because no anchor watch could alert us soon enough to take evasive action within this closed-in ...
Destination Little Jost Van Dyke
... problems. Added to this, we were flying only the spinnaker (no main) on starboard tack, and thus did not display the usual indicator of port or starboard tack and don't use a spinnaker pole to give an extra clue when seen from a distance. We even rotated the spinnaker a bit farther than needed to port to make it a bit clearer we were on starboard tack (with the right-of-way that tack implies).
To our non-sailing readers, sailboats ...
Training for the trek or pretending to do so
... I sent my passport to Canada. If an Indian asks you, I still live there.
I am finally going to trek to Everest Base Camp, one of my dream. I have been training for the past few months. Basically I have been eating spicy curry 3 times a week, planning on walking down elevator hill (one damn steep hill in the BVI) and also holding my breath to pretend I was in a low oxygen level environment.
Plan is to go to a 14 days ...
Just like a picture
... rice, salad, plantains and veggies.
I have watch tomorrow and then we are to leave the next morning for Bermuda. No word on how long that will take but I'm guessing about 5 to 6 days. The weather has not been condusive to good sailing - very light to no winds so we've been motoring a lot. The adventure is almost over. Bermuda and then Lunenburg ...
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