We had a fast, wet ride from Current Cut to Lynyard Cay, across the Northwest Channel. Winds started out at 10kts, but by the time we were in open watrer, they increased over 15, then up to 21kts, before seting down to 17-18 for most of the rest of the ride. THe waves built, and […]
Archives for April, 2012
On our way to the Abacos!
We left Governor’s Harbour at 6:30am today, and made the sort, 35 miles sail to Current Cut. This is a narrow passage with currents that can reach 12 knots at times. We passed near high tide, maybe an hour before, and the worst was maybe 3 knots at the narrowest place. The approach was a […]
Sailing Videos
Here are two videos from recent sails: From Georgetown to Thompson Bay From New Bight to Calabash Bay, Cat Island
Photos from Cat Island
I uploaded photos from Cat Island into our online gallery, as there were a bunch. You can see them here:
On to Eluthera
Just a quick note via ham. We sailed to Little San Salvador, Half-moon Bay, yesterday. It was a wonderful sail – we flew our Assymetrical Spinnaker for the first time in light, 5-12 kt winds. The sail, with a dousing sock, was very easy to deploy, and we enjoyed over 30 miles with it up […]
Long Island to Cat Island
We had an amazing sail from Calabash Bay, Long Island, to New Bight, Cat Island yesterday. Alchemy averaged 6.7 knots on the sailing portion between the islands, helped by a 1+ knot current. The entire run was about 45 miles, this was easily the fastest extended sailing we have ever done on her. Winds were […]
Some photos from Long Island
We rented a car for the day, and took a trip down south island. Here are some photos.