Season Two Comes to a Close
13 May 2013 | St. Georges, Bermuda
Dennis ... partly Cloudy and Cool
Well ... this is basically it for this season. While Heidi is in Italy with Nico, I have stretched the season a bit by doing a passage with friends from Tortola to Bermuda. We had a spectacular crossing. We had beautiful weather (after a day and a half of very little wind), and sailed beautifully with only the gennaker for most of the rest of the way into Bermuda. As the wind clocked too much near the end, we took down the pole, raised the main and sailed across the finish line under a broad reach. (We came in third overall, after the handicaps were factored.) After cheering and exhaling, we close-reached straight through the channel into the bay ... and we were, I think, the only boat to do so. Glorious! Go to Nyctea's blog at http://www.nyctea1.blogspot.com/ for some great shots and narratives of the crossing.
After some end-of-passage tasks, a scooter ride around the islands of Bermuda (all connected by lots of bridges), I said good-bye to our wonderful friends on NYCTEA ... a great Captain, the "Admiral" and of course, Baby Oscar, on NYCTEA.
It was a great ride, Michel and Danielle ... keep on keeping on!
But ... I get to do one more passage this summer ... Yay! I am crewing on a J39 in the Annapolis to Newport Race in June. That should be only about 3 or 4 days. I am looking forward to this, because I'll learn a lot about sail handling and trimming.
So, unless we post over the summer (we may, so do check occasionally), we'll catch up again next October, when we arrive back in Panama to start up Season Three.
Cheers to all and have a great summer!