Monthly Archives: May 2017

Time 2005 local Lat N 25° 12.8′ Lon W 70° 44.3′ Nautical miles from Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI: 525 Nautical miles to Sandy Hook, NJ: 930 We are, of course, surrounded by undrinkable water, yet we have all … Continue reading →

Time 1810 local Lat N 23° 22.0′ Lon W 68° 58.0′ Nautical miles from Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI: 378 Nautical miles to Sandy Hook, NJ: 1058 Our progress northward and west ward continue under clear skies with steady, … Continue reading →

Time 1720 local Lat N 21° 11.7′ Lon W 67° 31.1′ Nautical miles from Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI: 227 Nautical miles to Sandy Hook, NJ: 1203 Today’s sailing varied from exhilaratingly fast, to annoyingly slow. Although any day … Continue reading →

Time 18:15 local Lat N 19° 09.3′ Lon W 65° 35.7′ Nautical miles from Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI: 64.3 Nautical miles to Sandy Hook, NJ: 1350 We are off to a fast start, putting miles under the keel … Continue reading →

Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI All that is left is to stow the dinghy, droop the mooring line, and we are off.  We checked out of the British Virgin Islands yesterday afternoon, and paid the customs officer our $10 … Continue reading →

First thing you have to understand: For cruising sailors the word “rushing” means something a bit different than it means to most people with “real” lives.  With that said, we are “rushing” to get everything put together for our next … Continue reading →

Our guests of the past week have now taken off for the airport back to their “real lives,” and we are getting ready for the next step in our journey. Our plan from here is to sail directly from the … Continue reading →

We have been around several spots in the British Virgin Islands over the past few days with our guests, Karen’s friends Bill and Cindy.  Bill is an avid diver and has helped me get the mechanics of using our surface … Continue reading →

After leaving the busy harbor of Gorda Sound, we sailed around the northern end of Virgin Gorda to completely different world.  The windward side of Virgin Gorda has only one viable harbor, and the entrance is a challenging one with … Continue reading →

Anagada: Lat: 18º 43.4N Lon: 64º 23.4W Virgin Gorda: Lat: 18º 30.6N Lon: 64º 23.3W We spent the last two nights anchored off the island of Anagada in the British Virgin Islands.  Anagada is a sparsely populated island, only about … Continue reading →