by GWTAdmin | Nov 7, 2015 | sailing South Pacific, sailing techniques, TONGA
Navionics chart showing our boat location and courseline approachingLape Island toward Vaka ‘Eitu near Coral Gardens in Tonga’s Vava’u group of islands.Note the “shallow spot” in blue indicated with my red arrow.Update! Navionics fixed this – update your... by GWTAdmin | May 6, 2014 | andante, cape eleuthera institute, cruiser activities, cruisers, cruising life, eleuthera bahamas, hatchet bay caves, hatchet bay eleuthera, krazy lady, mah jong, queens bath eleuthera, sailing techniques
Kathy of Nancy Lu hamming it up for mah jongteacher Ann of Krazy Lady at Hog Cay, Ragged Islands.“When I was a 16-year-old exchange student in New Zealand, some guy asked me to go sailing. That was it. I was hooked,” Ann Gates declares. “When I... by GWTAdmin | Feb 25, 2014 | bahamas, sailing techniques, snaggle tooth sailing
Jib unfurled, mizzen hoisted. Left main down as at that pointof sail, the jib acted as a wind shadow.What is snaggletooth sailing? It’s when we unfurl our jib and hoist our mizzen sail, leaving a gap – a snaggle tooth – between them.The good news is, last...