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Saba’s highest point is often shrouded in clouds and fog. We’ve finally left St. Martin.  After six weeks there it was just time to move on, it’s a lot longer than we expected to stay.  There may still be a blog post of two about it forthcoming but we’re off Read On..

  Given the difficulty with trying to get to the Internet in St. Martin, I’ve decided extreme measures are necessary.  I’m falling months behind here and I hate playing catchup.  If nothing else trying to reach back through the sun soaked rum-addled recesses of my mind to recall exactly what Read On..

A few days in Red Hook on St. Thomas, and we’re good to go with the freezer, and the refrigerator problems are at least…better understood. It’s not really possible to say enough great things about the people at Reefco in St. Thomas that got us sorted.  The technician they sent Read On..

Evenstar’s tiny but pretty tree. The first holidays we are spending away from family hopefully will be the toughest – it should get easier from here on.  In throwing out a “traditional” American life style, one also risks losing the “traditions” around the times of the year that we treasure Read On..

Apologies for the lack of posts, we’ve not had a reliable internet connection in a couple of weeks.  Spot connections here and there, but to sit down and do a blog post with pictures and mnimnal typos I need some time in front of my computer, not connected with my Read On..

We are in, all safe and sound and cleared through customs. Last night was uneventful, where we were just killing time and waiting for the dawn.  As predicted we woke up around 5:30, pointed the boat back to the BVI’s and we were pulling in before 10:00 in the morning. Read On..

So this just really might be the longest day. Currently as I type this we are “hove to” about 7 miles North of Jost Van Dke in the waters of the British Virgin Islands.  “Heaving To” is a way of parking your sailboat.  You back wind the jib, push the Read On..

Or will it be the second longest? This morning the chart plotter was showing an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) of times ranging from noon tomorrow until maybe 7:00 in the evening tomorrow. This is exciting!  We’re almost there.  Except for the small detail of a few hundred miles of Read On..

The engine has been on all night and is still going strong.  Winds are light but starting to fill in; we’ve put up the main and Genoa and are motor sailing now making better time with the light Easterlies pushing us a little more.  We’re expecting the wind to fill Read On..

The the promised drop in wind has come and, with it, a gradual decline in the sea state.  The waves have gotten smaller and turned into more long rollers that rock you side to side instead of throwing you all over and up and down.  This is good, but for Read On..