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I know, I know. It’s so soon after the last one. My expectations for this week were low. We’d just had a week of chilling out, exploring Anegada, and a couple of dinner dates with Mark and Livio before they flew home. Our last day together involved a visit to a rum distillery and a […]

This week is the week we’ve not let ourselves get hopeful for. We’ve barely planned, and we’ve tried not to get excited. With Covid, and Omicron in particular, we haven’t dared. But it’s happening – our friends Mark and Livio are joining us for a week. We KNOW it’s happening because as I write this […]

We finally did it. We made a full overnight crossing. This might have happened months ago. We could have skipped over islands, or not sought permission to anchor for sleep. In retrospect, we just weren’t ready. We like the slow journey. And we didn’t want our first overnighter to be too long. But from St […]

We end up abandoning plans to practice tacking and gybing, and have to motor for the full crossing. There isn’t even enough wind to motor-sail. We are practically becalmed, the sea inky and still. In October 2015, immediately after doing our RYA Competent Crew practical in the BVIs, we took our Day Skipper practical. We’d […]

“Cow!” Skipper Mick shouts from the helm. We confusedly jump across to the starboard side and follow his outstretched finger, catching a glimpse of a green scaly head before it disappears below the waves. We look back at Mick. “Well, you can’t shout turtle. They’ll know you’re on to them”. This is the story of […]