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    A sailboat once again

    In my last post, we had a major part of the boat removed. Check that post out here.   Now, after all our long days and hard work and the hard work by the crew at Yacht Riggers, we are a sailboat once again. While the mast was down We made…

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    Time for new rigging

    I think I mentioned in my last blog post that we had some big boat projects coming up.  Well, this is probably the biggest project of them all.  It is time for new rigging.  When I talk about rigging I am talking about our standing rigging, but, while we are…

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    Back in the Water!

    This post is long overdue but we are…Back in the Water!  This post has been in the works for awhile.  I have had some problems with my host site and had to work out those issues before posting again.  I was going to go to a new host company but…

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    Flashback Friday The Long Sail Home

    We are leaving the U.S. Virgin Islands for our sail home.  We have been here since the end of February through a large part of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We were actually thinking of doing remote work from the boat here, but with the virus that just isn’t possible right now.…

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    Flashback Friday The U.S. Virgin Islands

    We left St. Martin before dawn heading to the U.S. Virgin Islands.  We sailed by the British Virgin Islands and made our way to St. John Island.  Found a great anchorage called Round Bay, which was a beautiful and peaceful anchorage.  St. John is absolutely beautiful.  Most of it is…

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    Flashback Friday Returning to St. Martin

    Flashback Friday Returning to St. Martin.  We left Statia early and had another beautiful sail into St. Martin.  We anchored on the French side in Marigot Bay.  Dave headed in and got us checked in.  Friends Gary and Carol had already been here a week before us so the plan…

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    Flashback Friday, Sint Eustatius

    Flashback Friday, Sint Eustatius a new island that we didn’t stop at on the way south.  We are super excited about this stop.  We left St. Kitts and had a beautiful sail and got anchored around lunchtime. It was a bit interesting getting checked in and after a bit, the…

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    Flashback Friday St. Kitts and Nevis

    Flashback Friday, St. Kitts and Nevis is our stop.  We left Antigua early and had a nice sail over to St. Kitts where we checked in.  We got all settled in and headed in to grab a beer.  There were several little bars and restaurants all along the beach so…

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    Flashback Friday, Hello Antigua

    Flashback Friday, Hello Antigua.  After our very interesting sail from Guadalupe, we arrived at Jolly Harbor Immigration Dock with plenty of time for our appointment.  After we handled all of our paperwork with customs and immigration they told us to stay at the dock and wait for the vet to…