The Anderson Adventures

12 November 2011
06 November 2011 | Somewhere in the North Atlantic
04 November 2011 | Hupper Island, ME
01 November 2011 | Newport
24 October 2011 | Newport, R.I.
21 October 2011 | Booth Bay Harbor, ME
18 October 2011 | Booth Bay Harbor, Maine
15 October 2011 | Hupper Island
07 October 2010 | Hupper Island
14 June 2010 | Hupper Island
03 March 2010 | Hupper Island
23 December 2009 | Hupper Island
18 December 2009 | Hupper Island
09 November 2009 | Hupper Island
30 September 2009 | Hupper Island
08 September 2009 | Hupper Island
02 September 2009 | Hupper Island, Port Clyde, ME

Another peaceful place!

10 January 2009 | Port Royal, Roatan
Jan
After only a 5 hour, very benign  passage with everything from full sails up, then an asymmetric run and finally a  motor sail with NO wind and totally flat seas we arrived at Roatan.  A reef totally surrounds this area with a few breaks for passage inside.  We asked local advise from Tom & Stanna on "Sea Cat" and they gave us those  oh so very important physical range and landmarks.  "Go alittle past what looks to be the opening...then line  yourself up with the Blue Cabana and the solar panels on the hillside and you will come straight in".  We did see only 4 feet under the keel upon entering but then it quickly opened up to 20.   We anchored along with 4 other boats and  were promptly invited to a Dock gathering at Tom & Stanna's.  Still a little tired from the trip and a bit of a head  cold lingering, we made our way in to meet some new cruisers.  Again,such a welcoming and helpful group of  people.  The 2nd night we had a little squall come thru packing 30+ winds and the boat behind us did some  dragging at 12:30am!  Tom & Stanna are currently land based here and were the 1st to shine their huge spot  lights and hail us all on the VHF until Second Wind could get straightened out and re anchored!   Tom also took  us on a hike up to the ridge behind their house - okay we ALMOST made it up to the top of the ridge - we are just  plain "out of shape"!. But WOW...what beautiful views of the anchorage and a bird's eye view of the reef that  surrounds us.  We spotted a couple of areas to snorkel in from up there and we were not disappointed.  Quite  the underwater rock formations and colors and different, smaller coral heads with plenty of fish that get to play here all the  time!  We also visited with the managers of a great little resort...Mango Creek...who made us  yummy "made to order"  breakfasts and gave us a little tour of their beautiful grounds.  Guests pay $1,000/person/week..all inclusive but if you fly fish, it's $2,200/person including your guide and daily fishing trips and meals.  Amy and Michael were a  wealth of info about Belize and the Roatan area!   Alas...we hear weather is really starting to kick it's heals in the  NW Carib...so we better scurry off to French Harbor to provision, check out of Honduras and maybe "beat the  system"...
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Vessel Name: Triple Stars
Vessel Make/Model: Island Packet 380
Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA
Crew: Rob & Jan Anderson
About:
Rob & Jan sailed from Sausalito, Ca on October 11, 2007, headed south. Our ultimate destination is down Mexico, Central America to Panama. We will transit the canal end of 2008. We will then travel up towards N. America again, ending in Port Clyde, Maine in spring of 2009. [...]
Extra:
What a journey we have had! We arrived in Port Clyde, Maine in June 2009. A rainy, chilly summer on Hupper Island but thrilled to have completed our journey. We began building the addition onto our summer home which was finished in September 2010. Rennovation of the original house is in the [...]

Who: Rob & Jan Anderson
Port: San Francisco, CA