Cruising on Alexia

An informal update of our travels for Family and Friends

05 September 2013
27 June 2013
27 June 2013
27 June 2013
20 June 2013 | William wears kneepads to protect from the heat of the deck
17 June 2013 | Torrential rain for six hours
13 June 2013 | Herring Bay off Chesapeake Bay
08 June 2013 | Miles River, Maryland
08 June 2013 | Amelia at the helm with a helping hand from DAD
28 May 2013 | Just a short half mile journey across the River
27 May 2013 | Free dockage at the city marina
24 May 2013 | Narrow and shallow
24 May 2013 | Visitor Centre Dock
24 May 2013 | We're at the top
24 May 2013 | Going up
24 May 2013 | The gates close behind us

Happy Christmas

25 December 2011
White Sound, Abacos
I think there's something in my biological clock that gets me up early on Christmas morning - maybe Father Christmas did arrive last night........

No chance! But, hey...Father Christmas is here!! Laughter and chatting start drifting over the anchorage and there, sure enough, is the man himself in a dinghy! One of the cruisers is making the rounds fully dressed in red and giving each boat a small gift of a perfumed stick smelling heavily of pine trees - he said it would make the Canadians in the anchorage feel at home.

At midday we went ashore for the cruisers pot luck lunch on the beach. There were over 100 of us. We all took ashore something to eat and it was laid out on a long table for everyone to help themselves - there were legs of glazed ham, pastas, salads, hot potato dishes, ribs, desserts, pastries.....it was just incredible what people had prepared on their boats.

With the demise of our cooker before we left the US, William had 'poached' our stuffed turkey breast in a zip lock plastic bag on the Coleman camping hob the previous day. We took it ashore cold, sliced with a huge dish of cranberry jelly next to it - it was really rather good despite the cooking procedure being non standard.

Chris off the Catamaran Felix also brought her full size piano keyboard ashore and sing-alongs continued well into the afternoon.





Vessel Name: Alexia
Vessel Make/Model: Hallberg Rassy 42 built in 1998. She's extremely comfortable aboard with two ensuite cabins. Endless useful equipment like microwave, bilge pump counter, bowthrusters, Mastervolt generator, air conditioning, 12v freezer,
Hailing Port: London, United Kingdom
Crew: William Spouse and Frances Rogers
About: William has been a competitive sailor most of his life and introduced Frances to the boating life 29 years ago. In that time they have chartered many sailboats in Europe and the Caribbean finally purchasing Alexia in 2007.