I did it! Albeit with a little help. My friend Aaron had mercy on me and gave me company. And he really enjoyed it. After working so hard on JACE all summer, he certainly earned it. In the morning I finish a few loose ends while waiting for Tevin to finally replace the fridge thermostat….

it has been raining since yesterday late afternoon. Actually, it pours more than it rains most of the time. And it’s windy and quite gusty when it rains hard. JACE is tugging at her mooring ball. The tropics are infamous for their occasional hard downpours. So before leaving home and my beloved sailmaker’s sewing machine,…

It is amazing how the days just fly by. I can’t believe it’s been three days since my last post. I have started to develop a routine. Still on my mooring in Benji Bay, I get up every morning at 6a. I either stretch & strengthen on the foredeck or I go for a long…

It has been raining all night and all morning and is supposed to until tomorrow. Yes, it isn’t always all sunshine and turquoise waters down here. I am now alone on JACE after Karin flew back to Germany for some time, hopefully returning by early December. Until then I will attempt to be a solo…

The first week in the water is a mix of work and trying to enjoy, of heat and sweat but also incredible downpours and overcast skies, of enjoying our boat with all its new gear but also trying to get all systems to work. In no time almost a week flies by.  As the week…

Our originally scheduled splash day was Oct 19th. But when JACE went in on that day, she was making significant water. It turned out that one of the new through hulls had been poorly done and was leaking. So the yard crew pulled her back out and on her crate for this mistake to be…