Category Archives: Underway

Hide and seek

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Current Location: 20 25.7N 66 17.8W Distance from San Salvador: 507 NM. Distance from Culebra: 142 NM Local time: 11:28 Weather: Sunny, Wind 15ENE, Seas 8 feet We were frustrated in our hunt for the weather buoy. We know it … Continue reading →

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Race Lost

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Current Location: 24 19.41N 68 33.20W Distance from San Salvador: 328 NM. Distance from Culebra: 407NM Local time: 12:30 Weather: Overcast, widely scattered showers, Wind 4NNW, Seas 2 feet About dusk last night we lost our race against the patch … Continue reading →

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When..

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Current Location: 25 37.74N 70 44.84W Distance from San Salvador: 227 NM. Distance from Culebra: 536NM Local time: 09:34 Weather: Partly cloudy, Wind 17SSE, Seas 5-6 feet About 24 hours after the forecast predicted the wind FINALLY switched to the … Continue reading →

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If…

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Current Location: 25 09.3N 73 04.7W Distance from San Salvador: 103 NM. Distance from Culebra: 600NM Local time: 08:39 Weather: Cloudy, Wind 18E, Seas 5-6 feet I believe I talked bout how we were going to have a pretty easy … Continue reading →

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In–and Out–of San Salvador

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Bill Kinney

San Salvador is generally considered to be the island where Columbus first landed in the New World, although there is a never ending dispute about it. It rises with sheer walls out of the deep ocean, the dropoff to water … Continue reading →

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The “Thorny Path”

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Bill Kinney

The route due east from Florida to the leeward islands of the Caribbean has long been known to sailors as the “Thorny Path.” The reason is that it is mostly straight into the tradewinds that (more or less) blow straight … Continue reading →

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Enough of this Goofing Off…

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Time to get to work. The next destination for us is a place we have been before, the island of Culibra. Politically, it is part of Puerto Rico (and hence, the USA), geographically it is one of the “Spanish Virgin … Continue reading →

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Boat Cooking

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Bill Kinney

Cooking on a boat is just like cooking at home… except it is not. Space is very limited. Storage space for dry goods, Cold storage, Stove top, and Oven space are all at a premium. If you are cruising to … Continue reading →

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The Outer Out Islands

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Bill Kinney

We continue to slowly make our way down along the Ragged Islands, also known as the Jumemtos, of the Southeastern Bahamas. This stretch of small cays is uninhabited except for transient fisherman who harvest conch, lobster, and grouper from the … Continue reading →

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Everybody talks about it…

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Bill Kinney

The weather, of course! Much more than most land-based people (you farmers excepted!) we pay a LOT of attention to the weather. The prevailing winds in the the Bahamas are from the east. Sometimes a bit north of east, sometimes … Continue reading →

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