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…
A rainy day in paradise
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…
Trying to find our rhythm
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…
Back in the water
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…
JACE in tip top shape
It’s been a long summer of silence here on sailingjace.com. We have been busy with work and travel and a lot of prep for our trip. Kristoffer graduated from high school and moved to Tokyo for his 9-month internship at a game development company and Anika started her last year in Middelburg. We are so…
Leaving Grenada
I am at the airport, all checked in and through security. Plane is here and it looks like an on time departure. It’s been an exciting two weeks: completing purchase and final repairs (well, almost), sailing her down to Grenada, getting to know the boat much better, and then getting her hauled out and prepared…
Off the grid living
Growing up in Germany in the 80s, the ultimate super nerd was this guy Murray Bosinski, from a terrible US TV show, dubbed into German with an even worse title. He knew all about technology and not much else. For this post, l’ll be Murray Bosinski. Today we have Brad’s friend Aaron over on JACE….
On the hard
A long and successful day: JACE is safely out of the water and strapped down on the hard, secure for hurricane season. I get up at six before it gets too hot. I have a long list and work through it. Brad soon joins me and together we make good progress. Wash deck and all…
Caribbean lives
We get incredibly locked into our beliefs of how life needs to look, based on the environments we live in and the people who, like us, follow those norms. Being here in the Caribbean reminds me again that “our life” is not the only recipe to follow. Through this boat buying process we’ve met a…
Passage with a few challenges
Our decision to stop overnight at The Saintes was brilliant. Not only are we finding the most picturesque bay with lots of red-roofed houses studding the lush green hills all around; not only are we enjoying the swim off the back of JACE, a most amazing sunset, and a wonderful fish dinner in town; not…