Second Star to the Right

S/V Agua Dulce sails around the world in search of Neverland

Vessel Name: Agua Dulce
Vessel Make/Model: Hylas 54
Hailing Port: Park City, UT
Crew: Charles & Gretchen Cunningham
About: Charles is a retired lawyer from Dallas who started sailing Sunfish in Corpus Christi, TX when he was a boy. I'm Gretchen, and I was a stay-at-home mom who doesn't stay at home much anymore. I fell in love with sailing on our first bare boat adventure in the Caribbean 30 years ago.
Extra: Special thanks to Peter Pan for inspiring generations to stay young and keep searching for their own Neverland.
15 December 2019 | 14 04'N:60 57'W,
12 December 2019 | 14 18'N:59 07'W,
11 December 2019 | 14 39'N:56 13'W,
10 December 2019 | 14 56'N:53 33'W,
09 December 2019 | 15 15'N:50 25'W,
08 December 2019 | 15 31'N:47 45'W,
06 December 2019 | 16 15'N:42 29'W,
05 December 2019 | 16 41'N:39 38'W,
04 December 2019 | 16 54'N:37 13'W,
03 December 2019 | 17 31'N:34 13'W,
02 December 2019 | 17 51'N:30 58'W,
01 December 2019 | 18 12'N:28 13'W,
28 November 2019 | 22 18'N:20 41'W, Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
28 November 2019 | 23 36'N:19 48'W, Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
28 November 2019 | 24 49'N:18 12'W, Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
28 November 2019 | 26 12'N:16 25'W, Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
28 November 2019 | Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
27 November 2019 | 23 28'N:19 54'W, Between the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands
Recent Blog Posts
15 December 2019 | 14 04'N:60 57'W,

Log Day 20 Ð Hello, St. Lucia!

Log Day 20 Ð Hello, St. Lucia!

12 December 2019 | 14 18'N:59 07'W,

Log Day 19 Ð Last Full Day at Sea

All of us are extremely excited to get to the marina in St. Lucia. We've been talking about what will be the first thing we are going to do after we arrive and get the boat tied up. It's hard to say right now. Agua Dulce has been our cocoon for the last three weeks, and she has seen us safely 3000 miles [...]

11 December 2019 | 14 39'N:56 13'W,

Log Day 18 Ð Two more night watches to goÉ

12pm

10 December 2019 | 14 56'N:53 33'W,

Log Day 17 Ð Are we there yet?

10am

09 December 2019 | 15 15'N:50 25'W,

Log Day 16 Ð Counting down the miles!

We have broken the 700NM to go mark, and at 750NM to go, we were three-quarters of the way to St. Lucia. During my 11pm-1am watch tonight, we should break the 600NM mark as well. We're all getting excited to be in the Caribbean! I wish I had downloaded some steel drum Christmas music to get us in the [...]

08 December 2019 | 15 31'N:47 45'W,

Log Day 15 Ð Squalls + Swells Lack of Sleep

It was a wet and squally night. We had lots of rain and gusts in the 30's, but it was all manageable. The worst part about squalls is that when they pass they suck the energy out of the air, and we have practically no wind for a time. In addition, the seas were extremely rolly last night and they have [...]

Corinth Canal

06 December 2018 | Corinth Canal
We transited the Corinth Canal in June of 2018 in order to save 430 nautical miles around the Peloponnesian peninsula to get from Preveza to the Cyclades. It was interesting traveling through the canal, and expensive. For our roughly 4 mile, 30 minute passage, the cost was 340 Euros. Wow. And I thought Dallas toll roads had gotten expensive.

Rulers from as early as the 7th century BC considered cutting a canal through the isthmus, but it proved to be simpler and cheaper to build an overland portage road, where ships were towed from one side of the isthmus to the other. The emperor Nero was the first to attempt construction in 67 AD, but the project was abandoned when he died.

https://www.sailblogs.com/sbgallery/pics/ggcunning_gmail_com/sbd78ztnx/Corinth%20Canal%20Entrance.jpg

The idea of a canal was revived in 1830, but it was not completed until 1893. Its 300 foot high limestone walls are steep and subject to landslides. Even now, it is often closed for maintenance to clear it out after a landslide has occurred. Interestingly, it has submersible bridges at each end of the canal.

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