Amulet underway

Vessel Name: Amulet
Vessel Make/Model: CR Yachts DS480
Hailing Port: Port Madison, Bainbridge Island, Washington
10 September 2017
30 April 2017 | West Palm Beach, Florida
28 April 2017 | Great Sale Cay
26 April 2017 | Man O Jack Cay
20 April 2017 | Abacos
16 April 2017 | Spanish Wells, Bahamas
10 April 2017 | Exuma Land and Sea Park
09 April 2017 | Staniel Cay, Bahamas
31 March 2017 | Great Exuma Island
20 March 2017 | Turks and Caicos
14 March 2017 | Dominican Republic
09 March 2017 | San Jose, Puerto Rico
05 March 2017 | Culebra, Spanish Virgin Islands
04 March 2017 | British Virgin Islands
24 February 2017 | British Virgin Islands
19 February 2017 | St. Martins
14 February 2017 | St. Barths
12 February 2017 | Nevis Island
09 February 2017 | Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
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10 September 2017

Postscript

"Amulet" arrived largely safely at the MarineService Center yard in Anacortes for unloading on May 14th. There was some shipping damage to the port forward cleat, which was bent, and the teak rail below it cracked, which the yard fixed. On our way home from Claire's graduation from the University of [...]

05 May 2017

Going Windward at 60 MPH

Gary and I spent the 1st of May through the 3rd of May taking down sails, the bimini, solar panels, and dodgers, and removing much of the running rigging. Late the 3rd of May, our rigger, Brad Storm (great job-alike last name) arrived to look over things. He will help us take down the mast, standing [...]

30 April 2017 | West Palm Beach, Florida

Crossing the Stream/Back in the USA

We departed Great Sale Cay at 0500, about an hour before dawn, and made our way to Mango Cay, arriving there at 0930. Our next waypoint was Memory Rock. After 50 miles, again in 10-14 feet of water, and we passed it at 1230-excellent timing, better than expected, and with 50 miles to go, we might make [...]

28 April 2017 | Great Sale Cay

The Last of the Abacos

We had a leisurely mid morning departure from Man O' Jack Cay bound for Spanish Cay, some 14 miles to the north. We listened to the morning weather and again, some wind was expected to ruffle the Gulf Stream this coming Sunday (it is now Thursday), so we figured we should plan on crossing the Stream [...]

26 April 2017 | Man O Jack Cay

Getting Further North in the Abacos

After the somewhat disappointing couple of nights at Great Guana Cay, we pressed on a couple of islands north to Green Turtle Cay.

20 April 2017 | Abacos

North to the Abacos

The wind was still howling, with waves breaking over the reef, so there was no leaving. Gary wanted to see Harbor Island, and I had already been there, so he took off on the early ferry on Easter Sunday. I defrosted the freezer and refrigerator, and halfway filled the water tanks (52 cents/gallon, it [...]

The remainder of our BVI time

04 March 2017 | British Virgin Islands
John
Bill and Bobbie arrived around noon on Sunday, February 26th. After getting them settled in, we left Soper's Hole marina for the Bight on Norman Island. As has been our theme, the former rum shack in the Bight, had gone way way upscale, and morphed into two restaurants, one fancier than the other. We opted to have dinner at the fancier one, and the dinner was fantastic! The following day we took it easy and stayed at the Bight, moving over to a different part of the Bay. The wind was still up, and restricted our movements in some directions, as it was blowing very hard out of the northeast. The morning of February 28th, we got up early and went out to a great snorkeling spot, the Indians, then continued eastward to spend the night at the beach on Peter Island. Wednesday, March 1st was spent at Sandy Cay (had to introduce B and B to it), and we spent the night at Little Harbor, showed them Foxy's, went to dinner at Corsair's (not so good), then Thursday morning, went to Lorraine's bakery for cinnamon rolls. While at Corsair's, there was a couple who told us to be sure to take in the scene at the southernmost Bay of Jost Van Dyke, White Bay, home of the Soggy Dollar Bar, and several more establishments of the same ilk. The following morning we did just that, and were shocked at what we saw. First the reef entry to the beach is very tricky, and it was jammed with catamarans. We touched bottom, but managed to recover. The beach was like Daytona Spring Break for 50 year olds. What a scene-must have been several hundred people on the beach, which flies in the fact of normally mellow, laid back Jost Van Dyke. We had lunch there, then took off for Soper's Hole to be sure to get B and B off for their Saturday departure.

Picture is of Bill, Bobbie, Melinda and John ashore on Sandy Cay-our favorite BVI island.....
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