http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness Copyright 2009 SailBlogs.com Thu, 07 May 2009 13:42:40 -0500 720 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:42:40 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=88243 We were definitely back in the Bahamas, anchored in water so clear that we felt as if Magic was sitting in a swimming pool. In 18ft of water, we could see the patterns on the starfish lying on the bottom beneath Magic's keel. We could even see each individual blade of sea grass. We had pulled into Abrahams Bay on the south side of Mayaguana. The bay is over 3 miles long by approximately 1½ miles wide and is entered through the reef at the west end. Manoeuvring through the reef makes the entrance tricky, but not too difficult and we negotiated our way in without a problem to anchor approximately ¼ mile inside the bay.  (Continued...) Donna Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:42:39 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=88243 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=86815 We had finally come to a decision that we were not going to change, and at 6.15am on Tuesday, April 7th we left Green Cay Marina with the intention of making a 24 hour run to Boqueron on the western coast of Puerto Rico. The wind was a light 10kts and was right on our stern, but we were sailing. We made the decision to continue to Boqueron as long as we could maintain a 5kt average speed, but after a few hours underway we were not able to maintain this pace so had to decide whether to motor, or perhaps change our destination.  (Continued...) Donna Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:48:18 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=86815 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=79676 The celebration for Tim's birthday started on Saturday afternoon with a cricket match on the beach at Sandy Island. Unfortunately the batsmen soon realized that whacking the ball out to sea put the fielders at something of a disadvantage, so new rules had to be introduced with regard to where the ball could be hit, and with how much force. Fortunately the rules seemed to work and the match progressed during the afternoon on more of a level playing field, literally if not in reality!  (Continued...) Donna Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:20:42 -0600 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bluewatermadness?xjMsgID=79676