by Dana | Apr 29, 2021 | French Leave Beach Eleuthera, nassau, overnight passages, potters cay nassau
French Leave Beach didn’t get much more crowded than this. Eleuthera, Bahamas.By the time you read this, we’re probably out of wifi range. This Thursday morning we’re headed back to the US, 24/7 sailing with an ETA of sunset, Friday, April... by GWTAdmin | Nov 10, 2015 | boat maintenance and repair, overnight passages, pearson 365 sailboat, sailing South Pacific, Tonga to New Zealand
Before cleaning, our hull and bottom sportedthe colors of an Avatar forest floor.We’re all for preserving reefs and ecosystems – except – when they develop where they’re not supposed to — attached to our hull’s antifouling!In the verdantly polluted American... by GWTAdmin | Nov 1, 2015 | Nuku'alofa tonga, Opua New Zealand, overnight passages, sailing South Pacific
Planned passage from Tonga to New Zealand via Minerva Reef.Image pilfered sv felicity’s blog.Today we head out for our last long passage for this cruising season, from Tonga’s Nuku’alofa to New Zealand’s closest check-in point at its northern... by GWTAdmin | May 6, 2015 | boat maintenance and repair, cruising planning, galapagos, Marquesas, overnight passages, passage making, pearson 365 sailboat
Beautiful sunset off our Pearson 365 stern as we headedfrom Galapagos to the French Marquesas.“Sleigh ride…. It’s downwind. Slow widely spaced rollers. We can set our sails and may not touch them again until we’re done, “ Wayne predicted,... by GWTAdmin | Feb 2, 2014 | bahamas, berry islands, bimini, cruising, cruising destinations, cruising life, cruising planning, great bahama bank, nassau, overnight passages
At dusk, it was calm enough on the Great Bahama Bank to anchor overnight.We felt lucky to enjoy this rare treat.Stopping at a random midpoint for an overnight anchor along the Great Bahama Bank is akin to pitching a tent alongside a lonely two-lane highway passing... by GWTAdmin | Jan 9, 2014 | beachfront property in the florida keys, biscayne bay sightseeing, cruising, cruising destinations, icw, overnight passages, sightseeing in the florida keys, stiltsville
Fiery sunset over West Palm Beach before the night descendson our overnight passage sail into the Florida Keys.Sailing sleep-deprived on an overnight sailing passage, and encountering oddities, sometimes truth seems stranger than fiction. Do we trust our...