Altair's Cruz Nuz

cruising, vb, kroozing, working on your boat in exotic locations around the Caribbean....Dudley and Becca

25 October 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
25 September 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
28 July 2011 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club!
27 July 2011 | Key Biscayne, Florida
27 July 2011 | Stiltsville and Miami just across the Bay.
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream...
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream, Here we come!
26 July 2011 | Sweet and Very Special Bahamas...Goodbye...for now!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay's floral gifts!
26 July 2011 | The surf at Honeymoon Harbor!
26 July 2011 | Our last island wonderland...before the Concrete Jungle....
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay...Practicing walking on land...
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...very cool!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...We like it!
25 July 2011 | A very Busy Honeymoon Harbor!
25 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor, Lee side of Gun Cay
25 July 2011 | Bimini, Our Beloved Bahamas!
24 July 2011 | Bimini, Big Game Club Marina!

Saying Goodbye to Anegada is HARD!

20 May 2011 | Hello St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie!
Becca
We were there for four days...but we seriously got attached...Goodbye to Charisa, Pam, Joe, Tomas, Levi, Linda, Leona, Velma, Maxine, Frances, Captain Fishy (Grandpa, head of clan) Sarah, Justin, Mark, Debs, Beth and Gary, Ian and Ann and Kenny (thanks for the new weather site: magic seaweed) who's a fly fisherman!

We got a chance to sail for a bit...slow as it was to Virgin Gorda to clear out of the BVI's...and the only excitement for us that night was a beauty contest and the contestants were having a photo session just outside of Customs. Poor guy at the Immigration desk was having a hissey fit trying to see the action...so we assured him we were not in a hurry.

Spent the next day sailing to St. John! The time was short here too, with the only excitement being the entrance into Maho Bay, through the Fungi Pass. It's pretty cool squeezing between two mountains with tg the reefs encroaching into the cut from both sides! We can't even look at the guide because we took a mooring at Cinnamon Bay! No more said...gotta go!!!!

We collected water, caught some 'zzzzzs' and arrived here in Yacht Haven, the eastern side of Charlotte Amalie this afternoon!

We are still having crazy weather...arrived in what seems to be the fashion of late: squally, sopping, dripping...gotta dry out style!

We got on-line in Virgin Gorda, Saba Rock, and found a replacement for our
'flower' here in St. Thomas! Welcome back to the United States and a driven population. This is the prop we've been using on the Yamaha since we chewed it up in Guadeloupe!
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Vessel Name: Altair
Vessel Make/Model: Tartan 34'
Hailing Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club
Crew: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
About: Dudley has owned this Tartan sloop and has been cruising on her since 1986. Becky joined the good sloop back in 2000 when we first started cruising together and he has been 'training' me ever since! I couldn't be happier! I've been sailing all my life, but cruising is a whole different fish!
Extra: This is the most extended cruise we've braved on this wonderful, old boat of ours which is planned to be about 2 years! We left Miami in late February of 2008 and want to get below the hurricane belt by the end of July! Ok, so it's July, 2011...we're close, but not home yet!

S/V ALTAIR

Who: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club