Great Habit's Caribbean Tour 2011-2012

15 July 2012 | Southern Gate, Stanley Bridge PEI
27 April 2012 | Antigua Airport
24 April 2012 | Jolly Harbor Marina & Tranquillity Bay Resort
23 April 2012 | Jolly Harbor Marina
18 April 2012 | Jolly Harbor Marina
15 April 2012 | Great Bird Island, Antigua
06 April 2012 | Jolly Harbor
06 April 2012 | Aboard Great Habit in Jolly Harbor
06 April 2012 | Antigua Airport
04 April 2012 | Jolly Harbor
29 March 2012 | Jolly Harbour
29 March 2012 | Jolly Harbor
28 March 2012 | Jolly Harbour
25 March 2012 | Dehaises, Guadaloupe
22 March 2012 | Dominica
22 March 2012 | Portsmith, Dominica
20 March 2012 | Roseau, Dominica
18 March 2012 | Roseau, Dominica
17 March 2012 | St Pierre, Martinique

A warm and sunny Friday in Bermuda

04 November 2011 | Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
Cheryl
The pink building is the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, which is situated in downtown Hamilton. We are on a dock just to the left of the picture.

Today, Friday, has been a slow day for both Chick and I, as we seem to be just plain tired. We started our morning by enjoying a coffee on Great Habit with Sheelagh, who gave us an update on her efforts here in Bermuda. She is an amazing woman doing amazing work! After doing some laundry we walked to the grocery store to pick up a few things for lunch. Then Chick did a longer walk to buy a fuel filter for the boat and a new lure to catch that "big" fish on the next passage. I had a little snooze while he was gone.

I twisted my knee Monday night getting off the plank we were using to get on to the boat in St. Georges and have been slowed down substantially. Thanks Maureen for taking me on as a long distance patient! Every day is better but I am impatient for it to be mended. It is amazing how almost every movement on the boat involves a twist of the knee!

Chick has been working at getting the boat back together after the passage. Every nook and cranny needs to be opened, inspected, washed and repacked - both inside and out. We are supposed to get gale force winds on Sunday and Monday with heavy rain showers so that should give us a chance to finish cleaning the inside of the boat. It is sure nice to be in a well protected marina for this weather forecast!

We miss our family and friends and hope everyone is well. It is so quiet here without our crew.
Vessel Name: Great Habit
Vessel Make/Model: Great Habit is a CS 40; a Canadian boat built in 1990
Hailing Port: Summerside, PEI Canada
Crew: Chick Silliphant and Cheryl Picard
About:
Chick and Cheryl have been sailing since 1993. They bought their first boat, "Phantom", which they sailed on the Ottawa River for 10 years. In 2004, they purchased "Great Habit" with the sole purpose of sailing the Windward and Leeward Islands as far as Trinidad. [...]
Extra: "Great Habit" is registered in Ottawa. For many years she was a teaching boat on the Great Lakes. Cheryl and Chick have been fortunate to meet many of her students as they sailed the St.Lawrence and then the Maritimes.

Who: Chick Silliphant and Cheryl Picard
Port: Summerside, PEI Canada