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My appologies for not getting back sooner with a passage report.... I'm back in the cold for Christmas and headed south again in a few days. Internet access in the islands is not good or cheap, so I've not been 'on line' much.
In short, we had a very fast trip south -- 1400++ miles in a few hours under 8 days. Most of it on one tack. Crew and boat were magnificient. The only thing we broke was the preventer on an accidental jibe -- when the dumbsh** on the helm (could it have been the skipper??) was spending his time coaching the crew when he should have been looking at the compass (or at least attentive to to how the wind was hitting the back of his neck).
It was a great sail with 20+ on the port quarter the whole trip. Caught a 15# yellowfin tuna the fourth day out which provided a really good main course one night and two platters of extraordinary sashami the next night. The day before we arrived I told the crew we needed a fresh fish for our arrival dinner. Four hours later we had a 40" mahi under the fileting knife.
I've spent most of the time to date in the USVI. Weather is very nice -- always 80 something (water and air). The national park on St John is probably the finest example of taxpayers dollars at work I've seen anywhere. It truly is "America's Paradise".
Next week we'll kiss the grandkids goodbye and head back to the boat. We plan to head south over the winter ending up in Trinidad for the hurricane season. May not be able to post much in the interim, but I wish you all a happy holiday and fair winds. (I find that "following seas" are overrated).
My appologies for not getting back sooner with a passage report.... I'm back in the cold for Christmas and headed south again in a few days. Internet access in the islands is not good or cheap, so I've not been 'on line' much.
In short, we had a very fast trip south -- 1400++ miles in a few hours under 8 days. Most of it on one tack. Crew and boat were magnificient. The only thing we broke was the preventer on an accidental jibe -- when the dumbsh** on the helm (could it have been the skipper??) was spending his time coaching the crew when he should have been looking at the compass (or at least attentive to to how the wind was hitting the back of his neck).
It was a great sail with 20+ on the port quarter the whole trip. Caught a 15# yellowfin tuna the fourth day out which provided a really good main course one night and two platters of extraordinary sashami the next night. The day before we arrived I told the crew we needed a fresh fish for our arrival dinner. Four hours later we had a 40" mahi under the fileting knife.
I've spent most of the time to date in the USVI. Weather is very nice -- always 80 something (water and air). The national park on St John is probably the finest example of taxpayers dollars at work I've seen anywhere. It truly is "America's Paradise".
Next week we'll kiss the grandkids goodbye and head back to the boat. We plan to head south over the winter ending up in Trinidad for the hurricane season. May not be able to post much in the interim, but I wish you all a happy holiday and fair winds. (I find that "following seas" are overrated).
Great to hear from you again.... now, what place is that again?
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