We arrived in Dominica on Friday to spend the weekend on the northside of Dominica. We were met by the local "boat boy" to help us grab a moorning ball, and sign us up for a River Tour. The big draw ...
Dominica Dolphin, River Tour & Rainbows
Play & Projects in Martinique
We arrived in St. Pierre on Christmas Day. It was a fresh start and a new island. Makaela and I went to the little zoe on St. Pierre and were very impressed with the landscaping. The animals were wel ...
Dominica in December
Our decision to go to Dominica was based on the fact that you can swim with Sperm Whales. Unfortunately , We didn't plan on Makaela getting seas sick, and then getting regular sick, and then getting a ...
Arriving in Grenada
We arrived in Grenada on December 9th. Almost exactly 17 days after we left Cabo Verde. Luckily aside from Squalls and big winds the trip was good. We had to motor for the last 2 days as we wanted t ...
Crossing the Atlantic
We left on November 22nd and were excited to finally get a REAL crossing under our belt. Blair was a bit concerned because the guys had installed the boom at the last minute. The guys used the same s ...
Cabo Verde Making Repairs and Connecting with other Sailors
When we arrrived in Cabo Verde, they first put us bow in to the dock with our stern facing the wind. This made the boat swing quite a bit, it also made getting on and off the boat quite difficult, and ...
Las Palmas to Cabo Verde More Adventures
The Rally started on November 10th with light winds. We were excited to finally get started and felt we had done everything we could to prepare for this initial crossing to Cabo Verde ( Formerly known ...
Las Palmas Arrival and Final Preparations for the ARC+ Rally across the Atlantic
We arrived in Las Palmas, and since our Engine would not work if it was turned on and then off again, Blair turned on the Engine in the outer harbor and didn't turn it off again until we were safely a ...
Leaving Africa , Sailing to Las Palmas : Engine Failure AGAIN
We left Agadir after a week and thought we had solved the engine issue, but about an hour outside of Agadir we tried the engine and it didn't start again. We knew that this was a problem that occured ...
Adventures in Africa... Trying to fix the Engine & Raising the Mainsail
We arrived on Saturday night, so Sunday we just did small boat projects, and I found there was a Nanni Dealer not 200 yards from the marina. There are only 2 nanni dealers in all of Morocco and we hap ...