Amulet underway

"Amulet" arrived largely safely at the MarineService Center yard in Anacortes for unloading on May 14th. There was some shipping damage to the port forward cleat, which was bent, and the teak rail below it cracked, which the yard fixed. On our way home from Claire's graduation from the University of [...]

05 May 2017

Going Windward at 60 MPH

Gary and I spent the 1st of May through the 3rd of May taking down sails, the bimini, solar panels, and dodgers, and removing much of the running rigging. Late the 3rd of May, our rigger, Brad Storm (great job-alike last name) arrived to look over things. He will help us take down the mast, standing [...]

30 April 2017 | West Palm Beach, Florida

Crossing the Stream/Back in the USA

We departed Great Sale Cay at 0500, about an hour before dawn, and made our way to Mango Cay, arriving there at 0930. Our next waypoint was Memory Rock. After 50 miles, again in 10-14 feet of water, and we passed it at 1230-excellent timing, better than expected, and with 50 miles to go, we might make [...]

28 April 2017 | Great Sale Cay

The Last of the Abacos

We had a leisurely mid morning departure from Man O' Jack Cay bound for Spanish Cay, some 14 miles to the north. We listened to the morning weather and again, some wind was expected to ruffle the Gulf Stream this coming Sunday (it is now Thursday), so we figured we should plan on crossing the Stream [...]

26 April 2017 | Man O Jack Cay

Getting Further North in the Abacos

After the somewhat disappointing couple of nights at Great Guana Cay, we pressed on a couple of islands north to Green Turtle Cay.

20 April 2017 | Abacos

North to the Abacos

The wind was still howling, with waves breaking over the reef, so there was no leaving. Gary wanted to see Harbor Island, and I had already been there, so he took off on the early ferry on Easter Sunday. I defrosted the freezer and refrigerator, and halfway filled the water tanks (52 cents/gallon, it [...]

Three nights in St. Barts (not enough)

14 February 2017 | St. Barths

We arrived in Anse Columbier, St. Barts after a 6 hour, close hauled sail from Nevis in a NE wind. Anse Columbier is a wonderful bay chock full of turtles, rays, a nice beach and unfortunately, tons of boats. It is a nature preserve and a gift from the Rockefeller family. We anchored adjacent to the former German square rigger, now passenger ship "Hannover", and enjoyed the remainder of the sunny day. The following day, we powered the 5 miles into Gustavia Harbor, anchored, and cleared customs. The previous time we were in Gustavia, it was off season in June and aside from some resident boats, there were about 3 cruising boats. This time there were hundreds. We cleared customs, had a nice lunch at Le Port, then explored the town. Incredible line-up of super-yachts. We also came to the reluctant conclusion that in order to allow two days work to complete our three repairs (the water maker, the depth sounder, and the generator), we would have to leave St. Barts on Wednesday the 15th, which would allow repairmen to work Thursday and Friday, and let us break the gravitational bonds of the maintenance center of St. Martins by Sunday.

On Valentine's Day, the 14th, we spent the early afternoon at Seashell Beach. During our last visit we enjoyed lunch at the restaurant there, which was basically glorified rum shack with new age music and a pretty sophisticated menu, but very basic in physical construction. Now we found a totally upscale restaurant with the latest renovated interiors and prices to match. Very disappointing. When we finished at the beach we made a reservation for what turned out to be a fantastic Valentine's Day dinner at L'Isola.

At 1030 on the 15th we checked out of customs and left St. Bart's to try to catch the 1630 bridge opening on the French side of Simpson Lagoon in St. Martins.

Picture is of the tall ship "Hannover" in Anse Columbier, St. Barts

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