Monthly Archives: March 2025

Sailing from Bermuda to Martinique: An Easy Passage.

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Bill Kinney

Last night we dropped anchor off Sainte Anne in Martinique after a long, but relatively uneventful trip. No gales, no pounding close hauled sailing. In 7 1/2 days we covered 1158 nautical miles at an average speed of 6.5 knots. … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

This is Better

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Bill Kinney

It has been about 24 hours since anchor up in St George, Bermuda. We are making good progress in light winds, certainly a much more pleasant experience than we had last week! One of the things I forgot about this … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Leave a comment

Why Bermuda?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Bill Kinney

So why exactly did we end up in Bermuda? It is certainly a nice place, but wasn’t on our sailing plan. The sum of the story is that the weather forecasts were off just far enough to force us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Enough of that…

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Bill Kinney

The forecast had the wind clocking to the South, and then Southwest. Didn’t happen. Left us close hauled in winds of 20 to 25 knots, and building. Boat and us getting beat up pretty hard. So a consensus decision was … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | 1 Comment

Making Easting

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Bill Kinney

The route we are on is frequently called “Route-65” because you head east from the cost of the US and then when you get to 65W longitude, you turn south. On average, that puts you on a comfortable track. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Miles under the keel…

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Bill Kinney

It hasn’t been fast sailing, but mostly quite steady. In 32 hours we have covered 212 miles. Only about 1350 miles and 12 days to go! The weather was pretty much as predicted, except for before dawn this morning when … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Sailing from Brunswick to Martinique: Our Next Adventure Begins

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Bill Kinney

We are in the final few minutes of policing the boat to make sure she is ready for our next adventure, and will be dropping lines within a few hours. We will be leaving from Brunswick, GA and making one … Continue reading →

Posted in Underway | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment