Last planned call this trip to Colorado from cimaise... great weather...80 miles off...sailing east to line up better ...have to shed some hours to arrive in daylight tomorrow. (ONLY FOOLS SAIL AFTER DARK IN THE CARIBBEAN - no lit marks, usually no marks at all, coral heads lurking waiting to eat your boat. Want to come in with the sun on your back and someone at the bow watching for coral) Arrival at Sopers Hole West End Tortola for breakfast!
woo who!!!!!!!! got my boarding passes....they traveled 1500 miles, I will have traveled more than twice that - all worth it!!!
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11/16/2012, from Capt Mike
GOT YOUR MESSAGE. ALL WELL HERE. IN NORTHERN TRADE WINDS. 14-18 IN BEAUTIFUL BEAM REACHING CONDITIONS. BOAT DOING GREAT. PROVISIONS BEING ENJOYED. CAN'T FIND THE ICE CREAM THOUGH...
STEVE SENDS HIS LOVE - BE CAREFUL, HE IS AN OLD SALT NOW.
Capt. Mike
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11/15/2012
slept late....nearly noon eastern time..was really exhausted. I have tickets to BVI leaving Denver late Sunday (midnite) and arriving down there in time for dinner Monday, 3 planes-Miami, San Juan- Puerto Rico and then Tortola BVI. Steve thinks they should be there Sunday- Monday. Although if they arrive Sunday they are trapped on the boat until customs opens monday 8am. I found a little hotel nearby that is not too expensive that I will book for a night in case they are late. The Jolly Roger --of course matties....if they are there it will give Steve a bed and shower at the least. I am sure the boat will take days to clean up and set to rights. Salt water gets into everything and makes it sticky, needs to be washed. The Jolly Roger has an annual Thanksgiving free dinner - pot luck for cruisers - so we will be set for turkey and I have cranberry sauce on board.
I think it will take the rest of the week just to realize we are together and finally in the islands on OUR BOAT!. Think the cost of a mooring during that time will be cheap therapy. Then we will move to anchoring out.
Going to spend the day finishing up with disconnecting our stateside lives, turning off phones, netflix, forwarding stuff, repacking the car for its trip to Montana and visiting with my wonderful son John. Am still nervous, but watching the SPot and hearing Steve's voice everyday helps. This time next week, gooble gooble with rum punch!!!
Early phone in from cimaise..all is well, actually flat seas and motoring. Arrival plans starting. Steve said he was going to take photos. Will post when I get them. Sent email today via sat phone..waiting to see if they got it. They are getting their weather updates over the sat phone. Best idea we ever had..do not leave home without one!!!
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11/14/2012, Mitch is in Denver
I am in Denver at John's, drove 10 hours through Kansas..ugh
Steve called, a beautiful day today, lost wind an hour ago now motoring. Expecting arrival BVI Sun or Monday. They still have 3 months of food and made water today so they have 40 gallons of drinking water.
I am flying out sunday I think..found a hotel with $80 rooms right next to the customs house where they will have to check in. Going to do ticket stuff tonite, need to get out of dodge/denver before the tukey day airport nightmare starts.
best Mitch
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11/13/2012, see map tab
all good. a little lumpy making good time. Got newest weather forecast via sat phone. getting enough rest and food. sounds a little homesick for me and me for him...hard to be apart... I am in Ponca City OK, heading to Kansas tomorrow and at John's Thursday lunchtime.
see maps position button on blog -to see on google earth -
hoping time flies and I fly to BVI and get a hug. SOOOONN!!!!
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Cheers friends
Steve says today's sailing was lovely. A pretty day, making good time. They got their second weather download from our weather routers last night. Took an hour for all the maps, charts and forecasts to download via the sat phone. Something that was unheard of 3-4 years ago. There is a nasty gale-low pressure area with 45 knot winds but it will be north and east of them and should not have any effect on their course.
The Spot is working again because the brand new batteries burned up in 7 hours. They changed them and it is working again. They are dutifully eating all the snacks I left for them.
I am in western Tennessee, heading to Little rock Ark tomorrow if the weather allows.
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