Anthem Adrift

05 February 2025 | En Route Providencia, Colombia
03 February 2025 | Port Antonio, Jamaica
28 January 2025 | Port Antonio, Jamaica
27 January 2025 | Port Antonio, Jamaica
26 January 2025 | Port Antonio, Jamaica
25 January 2025 | Port Antonio, Jamaica
20 January 2025 | En Route George Town, Grand Cayman
18 January 2025 | Between Georgetown and Long Island
12 January 2025 | Between Staniel Cay & Georgetown
09 January 2025 | Warderick Wells
07 January 2025 | En Route New Providence
04 January 2025 | Grand Bahama Yacht Club
27 December 2024 | Grand Bahama Yacht Club
22 December 2024 | Grand Bahama Yacht Club
20 December 2024 | Grand Bahamas Bound
13 December 2024 | ICW S.C.
04 December 2024 | Beaufort
16 November 2024 | En Route Portsmouth
02 November 2024 | En Route Tampa
28 October 2024 | En Route Hampton

Warm And Fuzzy

22 December 2024 | Grand Bahama Yacht Club
Saturday 21 December 2024

Winter solstice occurred at 0421 EST and couldn't happen too soon. Normally we'd be nearer the equator thus avoiding worst aspects of this time of year, including frigid temperatures and appallingly attenuated daylight, but for some lamentable and abstruse reason this year we found ourselves at dreadfully high latitudes. We are, however, rapidly correcting the situation. Halifax is latitude forty four, Portsmouth thirty six, Murrell's Inlet thirty three and beautiful downtown Freeport basks at twenty six. Although days remain short, warmth returned almost immediately once offshore South Carolina. Even Grand Bahama will get chilly in January, so plan to keep going south in a couple of weeks. Colon, Panama, by the by is at a very sultry and daylighted nine.

Ran into a wee kerfuffle when starting engine after wind temporarily died. Experienced banging and vibration on a port roll with mainsail out to that side. Dripless packing was spraying inside of engine room as shaft jumped about. Furling main helped slightly by decreasing roll. Lowering RPM had stopped the worst of it, but something was badly out of balance. Remembering that prop had not feathered properly when previously shut down, reversed to perhaps shake loose anything jammed in blades and due some quirk of physics and counter normal expectation it did. By the time engine was again running smoothly wind had returned, so sails carried us at a nice clip into Freeport free from growling diesel, juddering shaft or salt corroding all things metal in engine room.

Sunday

As is customary, today is a day of shiftlessness, indolence and malingering... something like that. Not wanting to buck the societal tide, one of crew is adhering to this excellent notion while others are washing accumulated salt off deck, cleaning windows and filling water tank. She's the Energizer Bunny. This is in counterpoint to her own rabbit who is relentlessly lazy, staying in bed for literally weeks at a time displaying a perpetually phlegmatic expression. Less conscientious crew at least rouses himself occasionally to perform work once that becomes impossible to ignore. Fortunately for the less peppy individuals they are both irresistibly adorable.

Jack & Jan
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Vessel Name: Anthem
Vessel Make/Model: 1997 Hylas 46
Hailing Port: Weeki Wachee, FL
Crew: Jack Warren, Janice Holmes disgraceful.twaddle@gmail.com
About:
Jack: Formerly productive member of the community as a Northwest Airlines Captain who retired to become a drain on, and embarrassment to, polite society. [...]
Extra:
While I will be delighted if anyone else enjoys these excursions into semi-intelligible foolishness, the primary purpose is personal amusement. This is not travelogue, cruising guide or philosophical exploration of anything in particular, merely random musing of a slightly twisted mind. Despite [...]
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S/V Anthem

Who: Jack Warren, Janice Holmes disgraceful.twaddle@gmail.com
Port: Weeki Wachee, FL
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