Today we motored over to Yacht Haven Grande in Charlotte Amalie to top off our diesel tanks for the big trip home. We are still getting familiar to seeing people walking around without masks. After fueling we motored over to Brewers Bay, a very protected anchorage just north of the STT airport runway. This bay seems to have several crewed yacht charter boats (without guests) hanging out. After anchoring we set about projects in preparation of our trip such as making water, meal prep, and weather routing analysis. We are taking the old Bahama Channel route and the weather looks great as of now. We expect the trip to take around nine days with no stops. Our target landfall is Brunswick, GA but we could stop at Inagua Island in the Bahamas or Ft. Pierce for an overnight rest stop. The Bahamas is allowing overnight rest stops now with permission as long as you do not go ashore. The sail is predicted to be a nice downwind passage with minimal waves. As we get closer to Florida we may loose our wind and motor down the Gulf Stream. See you on the other side!
USVI
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On the 7th we left Antigua for the USVI in preparation for our trip back to the US. We will post some observations on the trip versus a narrative. The forecast –…
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Merry Christmas! A front is coming through producing unusual southerly winds so we should be able to reach over to St. Maarten as we had hoped. We should arrive midday on the…
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Christmas Cove is home of the famous pizza boat Pizza Pi you have probably seen on travel sites or TV. We decided to check it out today and called in for a…
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On the 21st Jim happened to have the camera out at Caneel Bay for a storm picture when a full rainbow briefly appeared and both ends were captured. On the 22nd we…
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On the 19th we departed Coral Bay back to Cruz Bay to complete our circumnavigation of St. John. We stayed an extra day in Coral because the weather was a little sporty…
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We found a spot to anchor out of the big winds and swell but like all locations behind mountains, you get a lot of puffs with big swings. We closely monitored the…
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On the 15th we motored upwind to moor in Waterlemon Bay. This bay gets several snorkel day boats because it has a little rock island in the middle of it. There is…
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Over the years we have heard more than one experienced sailor tell us the sail from the BVI to St. Martin (upwind) was the worst they had ever experienced. With that in…