After my reasonably successful kite surfing endeavors, it is time to head back to Grenada. On Thursday morning I get JACE ready, make one more quick run ashore for another block of ice (how I have been keeping some base level of refrigeration), and then it is time to weigh anchor. By now I have…
Author: Andy
Kite Surfing
Kite Surfing is one of those things I have been wanting to try for a long time. I see a lot of it in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the bay or out on the coast when I bike there. It looks so fun! But the local water is just way too cold for…
I swear it’s a test
Thanks to all the encouragement I received I am feeling a lot better and am ready to move on. On Saturday I leave Tyrrel Bay, once again headed for Union Island’s Clifton Harbor. At first I plan on just motoring the two hours, charging the batteries in the process and running the water maker. But…
Motivational low point
Boats are said to need constant attention as things break frequently. The combination of many complex systems aboard, humidity, sea water, and constant motion is hard on them. Everything I ever read or heard repeated the mantra of “always something to fix” and so far my own experience confirms that. And that is not a…
Four days with Matt
I have a fast and mostly uneventful downwind sail from Bequia to Carriacou’s Tyrrel bay with an overnight and customs clearance at Union Island. “Mostly” because I manage to fall asleep while on autopilot and wake up from the shouts of a closely passing catamaran. From the looks of it I didn’t honor their right…
Chilling in Bequia
My first night in Bequia is quite uncomfortable. The spot I chose to anchor, turns out to be exposed to a swell rolling in from the open sea. Unfortunately, the wind is perpendicular to the swell, so the latter hits us squarely from the side, making JACE roll fairly wildly side to side. At first…
JACE in her element
I had planned to stay here in Canouan for one day and take a walk to the windward side of this narrow island. But the anchorage is not great, the wind wrapping around the headland and almost making it a lee shore. I still put the dinghy in the water, grab my stuff and motor…
An almost perfect day
After the wet afternoon and evening, it doesn’t rain all night. I wake up at 6:30 to blue sky! And unlike the last few mornings, I feel energized and ready for the day. I grab my yoga mat and go to the foredeck and go through my stretching and strengthening routine while listening to a…
Thanksgiving in the Tobago Cays
With a day delay (see last post) I head out of Union Island’s Clifton Harbor. After an eventful night with multiple downpours and me attending hatch duty, it is dark clouds and boisterous this morning with 20kn winds and only over the last hour the sun has come out and the wind lessened a bit….
Another day, another problem
The day starts really well with a lovely 1.2km morning swim along the coral reef and a quick visit to “Happy Island”. My comment on Strava: “Beats the pool any time!” Soon after breakfast as I get ready to leave, a local fisherman stops by and offers me a nice size grouper, “just caught it…