New Year in Bequia/Pitons with Matt
Anticipating a long, perhaps sporty sail back to St Lucia from Petite St Vincent, we left at first light to return to Bequia, to relax and watch for a weather window to sail the final 68 miles to the Pitons. We had really enjoyed our brief stay in Bequia for...
Island Sailing with Matt Week #1
It was so much fun to welcome Matthew back aboard True North and offer a much different experience from his Caledonian Canal visit; much warmer, hopefully less work (certainly less line handling), and periods of blue water sailing instead of lots of motoring....
Arrived in St Lucia!
As we sit at the dock in St Lucia, in Rodney Bay Marina, the long days and constant movement of being at sea feels in many ways like a long ago memory.
Weeks 2 and 3 Across the Vast Atlantic
I asked Cecil to summarize briefly his thoughts about the second and third week of our Atlantic crossing and his reply was "team building". What started as an easy passage of calm nights, lots of fishing off a level deck, the ability to sleep at night morphed...
Heavy Weather Sailing for True North/Tragedy Hits the ARC community
The past three days have led to gradually heavier conditions with sea state growing quite large, at least 3.5 meters on average with larger waves at times. High winds and gusts, the boat rolling from side to side, skidding a bit sideways down large waves that...
Prepping for Challenging Conditions
Prepping for Rough Weather
The trade off for too little wind will be too much wind over the next week. We are grateful for the guidance of Charlie our router, who has already given us a heads up on the challenging conditions we will face this...
The trade off for too little wind will be too much wind over the next week. We are grateful for the guidance of Charlie our router, who has already given us a heads up on the challenging conditions we will face this...
