Sapphire Sailing Adventures

Vessel Name: Sapphire
Vessel Make/Model: Bristol 41
Hailing Port: Rochester, NY
Crew: Moby & Caroline Burton
17 April 2019 | Laying out 200' of chain on deck
16 April 2019 | Prickly Bay, Grenada
16 April 2019 | Prickly Bay, Grenada
13 April 2019 | Tyrell Bay, Carriacou
12 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, teaching William about reading music
11 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, Bequia
10 April 2019 | Pink Sunset off Bequia
10 April 2019 | Papa's Restaurant overlooking Admiralty Bay, Bequia
09 April 2019 | Winfield applying coat #6 of Epiphane Varnish to Sapphire's coaming
08 April 2019 | Tennis Court behind the Gingerbread House, Bequia
04 April 2019 | Floating Beach Bar
04 April 2019 | Bequia
03 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, Bequia
03 April 2019 | Center Hatch on Sapphire
02 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, Bequia, The Grenadines
02 April 2019 | Sailing past St Lucia across from the Pitons
28 March 2019 | Anse de Salines, Martinique
28 March 2019
28 March 2019 | Sapphire's Cockpit
24 March 2019
Recent Blog Posts
17 April 2019 | Laying out 200' of chain on deck

Haul Out Day

"I always feel like The Ghost from Christmas Past when we do this exercise of hauling the heavy chain out on our side deck to rinse it and let it dry." On our primary alone, we have 200' of chain and 120' of rope. Then our secondary anchor has 200' of rope and 30' of chain.

16 April 2019 | Prickly Bay, Grenada

Getting Ready to be Hauled Out

We enjoyed a lovely leisurely couple of days sailing down to Grenada from Bequia, arriving on Palm Sunday.

16 April 2019 | Prickly Bay, Grenada

Grenada's Cruiser's Net

The cruiser’s net in Grenada is always very lively. On Safety and Security this morning we heard that a sailboat coming up from Trinidad had a boatful of eight ‘Venezuelan looking’ men trying to overtake them. The sailboat was able to get away,. but the hull is riddled with bullet holes. They [...]

13 April 2019 | Tyrell Bay, Carriacou

New Way to Clear into Customs

How do you clear in to Customs, when you arrive at a port and don’t feel like blowing up your dinghy?

12 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, teaching William about reading music

Teaching William some Notes

I realized that if I set up my piano early in the morning, then I can play before there is too much sun in the cockpit.

11 April 2019 | Admiralty Bay, Bequia

Paddling around Bequia

As my buddy Joan Dwyer would say, “the goal in paddle boarding is to avoid looking like a little old lady pushing a Wegman’s cart.” Actually, I’ll be doing that soon enough as we are heading home in a week.

“It’s all about Attitude”

02 June 2015 | Jenna and her Dad en route up Delaware Bay
Caroline

You could barely see the buoys and the tankers through the thick fog and cold rain as we worked our way up Delaware Bay. We had 70 miles to go so it was going to be a long day.
“At least we are sailing.” Jenna commented, “and it’s a nice sail.”
I looked at her, all bundled up, but with a big smile on her face. She is definitely a go with the flow type personality. “Do you want to go warm up down in the cabin?” I asked. “No,” she answered, “I’m happier up here where all the action is.”
We had gotten in to Chesapeake City on the C&D Canal last night just before the downpour. Sapphire only draws 4 ½ feet, but there are spots in the entrance to Chesapeake City with a 3’ depth. Local knowledge is a big help in those situations.
“At low tide, you need to really hug the wall as you enter the bay” a fellow cruiser in his dinghy advised. “Gets pretty shallow out in the middle.” .
We tried three difference spots to anchor, and our plowmaster just wouldn’t hold in the silted bottom. With the approaching storm, we made it to the dock and had gotten tied up and secured just in time before all the Severe Thunderstorm and Flash Flood warnings started alarming. That was yesterday.
Today, we were sailing up Delaware Bay, wearing our full foul weather attire and still feeling soaked to the bone. It was a nice sail til about 5 miles out from Cape May when it turned into a slow, painful slog.
“When we were five miles out, we were down to 5 knots/hr. Four miles out, down to four knots…..etc
Then finally, as we are turning into the entrance to Cape May between the jetties, the waves and wind became crazy and Jenna took a wave head on, totally soaking her.
“I dibs the first shower,” was her only response.
There are always going to be less than perfect situations to endure on a boat…or in life, for that matter. When it comes to facing obstacles with a great attitude, Jenna would be my top pick for a sailing crew any day of the week.

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