SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

We left Saba on another windy day and headed for St Kitts. This was a shorter trip than our last passage, and broken up by passing St Eustatius on the way. We didn’t stop as it seems to be basically an oil refinery, and is reputedly a very uncomfortable anchorage. Could it possibly be more

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It was time to start heading back East, and we were ready for an adventure. Our options for leaving were (1) on Tuesday, lighter winds but on the nose; (2) on Wednesday, winds from a favorable direction but blowing 25-30; (3) wait it out for another 10 days. We chose option 1, leaving the BVI

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What a great island! After the bustle (and endless beach bars!) of the BVI, we headed over to St John, stopping first at Francis Bay. For a US registered boat and all-US crew, check-in was all on-line and it was a relief not to have the hassle of going down to Cruz Bay to Customs

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After a week in a marina, we were ready to get going again. We continue to have strong winds and some squally days – even the locals are complaining! – but the good news is that it’s given us cool nights. It’s also worth noting that the last week or so has been fairly quiet

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It was a lot of fun having family staying with us over the holidays, but finally it was just the two of us. Jeremy had a meeting in Boulder and after having guests for 5 weeks I had chores to do! We came into a slip at Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola and caught up

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Continuing our circumnavigation of Tortola, we headed for Jost Van Dyke, and picked up a mooring in Great Harbor. We went ashore to Foxy’s and took a taxi over to White Bay with Easy Eddie (Easy like Sunday Morning, he reminded us!). White Bay was much changed from when we were last there. The northerly

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