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.

“Saving the Day”

31 January 2017 | Anegada
Caroline
"Moby, that dinghy seems to be floating off into the sunset & there is no one in it! We've got to go get it!"
"You are right. I just saw that myself. Let's go!", was Moby's immediate response.
We are anchored in Anegada, surrounded by charterers. Mostly catamarans. With dozens of boats all around, I couldn't help but notice that we were the ONLY ones who were making ANY attempt whatsoever to rescue this dinghy. As a cruiser, it is the law of the sea to help other sailors. Losing one's dinghy leaves you with a feeling of total helplessness when suddenly you have no dry means of going ashore. Cruisers also, in general, tend to think of charterers as clueless. (To be fair, there are many charterers who DO know what they are doing, like the two nice couples we met on the beach shuttle...Hack & Peggy, Marsha & John. )
Case in point. We dinghy on up to "Changes in Latitude" the 48' catamaran....and have to call out to the guy onboard, "Did you lose your dinghy?"
Clueless: "Uh...oh, yeah, I guess I did.....
Moby: "The Moorings management tends to look down on charterers who don't return with their dinghy!"
Clueless response: "Oh, ok," as he takes the painter from me and, instead of tying it on to a cleat, proceeds to tie it in a knot that will no doubt NOT hold in a strong current.
Woke up this morning and there was no dinghy off the back of Changes in Latitude. Let's hope he was just ashore.

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