And the journey continues
I am finally back in Calgary after an adventurous sailing season. The old adage “sailing is repairing your boat in exotic locations” held true. Despite all the repairs and preventive maintenance, two alternators had to be rebuilt in Roatan; and issues...
Sailing on “Forever Young” An opportunity to crew with Capt. Steve Harmon.
Sailing on “Forever Young”
An opportunity to crew with Capt. Steve Harmon.
The one thing I did not expect to happen was to find myself leaving the Rio Dulce, Guatemala headed for Belize on someone else's sail boat (in this instance a...
An opportunity to crew with Capt. Steve Harmon.
The one thing I did not expect to happen was to find myself leaving the Rio Dulce, Guatemala headed for Belize on someone else's sail boat (in this instance a...
What have we been doing?
That is a frequent question. I usually say the same as the rest of you (except in hotter weather), maintaining our home, daily chores, reading, writing, etc. That is probably where the similarities stop as we have a boat not a house, we are in a foreign...
And the trade winds blow…
“Feel so near to the howling of the winds, feel so near to crashing of the waves, feel so near”
Jimmy Rankin
It is fourteen days since the trades blew in and while a few brave or foolish souls (depending on your perspective and...
Jimmy Rankin
It is fourteen days since the trades blew in and while a few brave or foolish souls (depending on your perspective and...
What were we thinking LOL
Well here we are back in the marina at Shelter Bay after our aborted attempt to sail North. Despite our best intentions and all our preparation the weather gods decided to go against all reports and so instead or 3-5 meter waves we had 8-10 meter waves, winds...
Anxieties be Damned:
The thunder rumbles incessantly and the lightening flashes as the time for our departure fast approaches. Our checklist is nearing completion and I find my old anxieties beginning to surface. What day will we actually leave, how will the winds be, will the...