Today was a great day. We all did our own thing! It was very restful. Wish there was more to tell you. We will arrive tomorrow morning. So this will be the last log I post. Bill and I feel very thankful to have had John and Bill W crew for us. They were such a help. It is sad …
Sapphire
Sorry for the delay in yesterday’s log. We lost our generator and didn’t have email. This morning, John came to the rescue and fixed it! Other than that, we had a great day. It started out early with Bill putting a new lure on and we immediately caught a Mahi. Our crew was not up! He then wanted to change …
Sapphire
The past two days we had great sailing. Today the winds died to under 10kts. We are motor sailing, but still making 6kts SOG. We are hoping to be in to the BVI on Tues. It was a beautiful day. The guys took down the torn gib and secured it to the deck. We fished all day again without any …
Sapphire
Where did I leave off. Last night the winds were expected to pick up to 18-20kts. So it was decided to bring in the genny and put up the smaller gib head sail. As promised, the winds did pick up, along with the seas. John’s watch is 12-3am. Around 1am we were awaken by a huge bang. John calmly said …
Sapphire
We are all doing well! Today was pretty much an uneventful day. I was having some issues with email, but they seem to be resolved!! It was cloudy most of the day. We fished, but didn’t have any luck. You know why don’t you! 😉 Yep, they didn’t use my lure. Maybe tomorrow. Highlight of the day was a great …
Sapphire
Today brought us winds under 10kts all day with a counter current of 1.2kt. We are making our way towards the BVI, but very slowly. It was a sunny, beautiful, peaceful day. Bill W. read and wrote in his journal. John enjoyed the day and kept an eye on the alternator. I read some and took a long nap. Bill …
Sapphire
Last night was like Christmas on Sapphire. While Bill was rummaging though his gear, what to his wondering eyes should appear, but a rebuilt spare alternator so near and dear! We almost had a man overboard drill because he didn’t remember it sooner! John installed it but the wiring was different so it was installed without wiring it just to …
Sapphire
On my watch last night I was lucky enough to see the moon rise. It was beautiful. I wasn’t sleeping well, so went up to see how Bill W was doing at around 5am. When I got to the helm, I heard a beeping and saw the red engine light blinking. I woke Bill K and he opened the engine …
Reboot
When we last reported in we had just completed a miserable passage of the Gulf Stream. As we gathered ourselves together we found that the bilge pump had cycled 103 times getting rid of all of the boarding waves. As a consequnce our battery power was at a minimum. Shutting down everything eletrical on Reboot we waited for the batteries …
Vanishing Point
More passage photos from Vanishing Point. They hit the fish jack pot! And captured some great cloud formations.
Reboot
Reboot has had a far too eventful trip so far. Leaving Cove Marina early in the morning watching the Shore Patrol dealing with the people who wanted “one more day” we proceeded to Baypoint Marina. As soon as we throttled up Reboot began to shake. Knowing that Little Creek is well known for a very active biological environment we summoned …
Vanishing Point
The crew of Vanishing Point seems to be having a great passage. Check out these great photos that they sent while still offshore, at approx 26.79 , -65.63.
Club Carp
So we managed to sort out our PC issues…sort of…but at least for now our email is operational and one or two more blogs can be sent out. The unfortunate thing is that I’ve run out of things to say at the moment and the random William S Borough thoughts running through my head are probably best left in my …
Aviva
Excerpt from an e-mail I received from Dorothy that she said we could share. While underway motoring just after 11 pm, the engine suddenly did not sound right, and we went to neutral. We found that the noise issue happened in forward and reverse, but not in neutral, leading us to conclude prop issue. With our spotlight off the stern, …
Blue Pearl
I am never quite sure which is more exciting about an ocean passage, departing or arriving. This time Blue Pearl’s crew all showed off their biggest smiles after docking at Leverick Bay, Virgin Gorda completing what Chris Parker, somewhat understated , had called a “sporty passage”. None of us admitted to it but “arriving” certainly seems to have won the …
Club Carp
Our day 6 has been reasonably uneventful, finally getting the wind shift that we needed to alter course and head South to the islands. Because of the previous days’ wind and weather, we made all of our Easting during the first half of our trip. While this is definitely not ideal, you don’t always get to chose when at the …
Blue Pearl
Good morning loyal readers, this is our last day at sea and it is a beautiful one. The sun is shining, the squalls are staying away and we are sailing along at at a nice 7.5kts. Blue Pearl loves it when we sail like this. Waves have settled down to around 8ft and the flying fish are landing on our …
Antares
My sincere apologies for not having sent a written update before. Antares was at 2pm today, Saturday 7, at 30deg 44.6 minN 77deg 34.24min W, trying to sail south. We crossed the gulf stream last night. It was a comfortable passage. Today, unfortunately, there hasn’t been much wind and it is coming right from the south. The crue is happy, …
Blue Pearl
OK, I know we have missed one day of your stimulating blog reading but we had our reasons. I’d mentioned before that we didn’t know what the future held , well now we know: Squalls, 30-40kt winds, pelting rain, thunderstorms, big waves, wet clothes, uncomfortable sleeping but very interesting dreams. We think it is the less than gentle boat movement …
Club Carp
Greetings from 30’09N and 70’10W. So, where did we last leave off? Oh yeah, NO auto pilot! This made for an interesting evening with the crew manually steering through the night. While it is actually a nice break to take the helm from the 24-hour auto pilot, it also takes a toll on you…especially at night and with only a …
Club Carp
Hi all, we are now into day 4, but I’m going to make up for the lost day and save some nuggets for another post hopefully later tonight. The big news of day 3…drum roll please…Mr Ratatouille “sleeps with the fishes”…literally! Fortunately, the 11 inch stowaway didn’t run across any of us while we slept, which would have potentially caused …
Blue Pearl
Joe, our scribe, is taking a quick nap before he jumps back into action for his 8-12 watch. Of course he expects Captain Ruud to do the honors, so here we go. We are flying along on a course of 172T and are within 500 miles of our destination. At current speed we should arrive at Leverick Bay in Virgin …
Club Carp
Club Carp followers, we are now 36 hours into our passage and, unfortunately, nothing overly exciting to report. The biggest news being that we remain a “man down and a mouse up!” Dan has yet to fully recover from an onset of seasickness, but I’m happy to report that he was able to hold down some soda crackers and 2 …
Blue Pearl
Good Afternoon, Blue Pearl has reached longitude 66, almost directly North of the BVIs and has turned South on a direct course for Virgin Gorda. As of this afternoon we are 645 nm from Hampton and 717 nm from our destination in the BVIs at Gorda Sound. We anticipate arrival sometime Sunday Nov 8. We sailed SE much of …
Club Carp
Dear friends and family, we set sail at 7am today (Nov 3) after one extra day at the marina due to adverse weather conditions. Reminiscent of last year’s delay, we put a serious dent in our adult beverage supply. Fortunately, also like last year, we had ample time to resupply…thank god. Hey, no judging, we’re drinkers first and sailors second…or …
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