We woke up New Year’s Day excited to head to Norman Island. It would be the first time just us two sailing (also called double handed sailing for the non sailors reading this) so today had a little more meaning to it. We were headed ESE and winds were directly out of the east so … More Here’s to Many First’s on the First
We were pretty ambitious about getting a mooring ball at Great Harbor 2 days before New Years. We had an epic downwind leg from Scrub Island which got us there about 1.5 hours earlier but it was still a race for the last mooring ball on the busiest harbor of the year. When we showed … More A Jost Van Dyke 2016
We woke up to a beautiful sunrise and a half empty mooring field. Most people on this route make their way up to the southern end of Virgin Gorda to the Baths which is our same route. However, our dinghy was still broken so we called our charter company to let them know we needed … More Quit Playing with your Dinghy
She’s from Kansas City, MO. Not surprised she’s the one for us this adventure. It’s definitely a sign that the Midwest has followed us to the BVI’s. We lucked out and were able to pick her up about 5 hours early so we are sticking with our initial plan of making it to Cooper Island … More Caribbean Queen
Here we go! We are finally doing it. It was just a couple months ago when Blane and I were talking about the idea of renting a boat and going on our first sailing adventure together. Not sailing on a race crew, not with a team. No purpose of winning or competing. The only purpose … More Almost…Sail Away, Sail Away
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