The family arrive…..
They’re here! Gesa and the kids arrived on Sunday at the airport in St Thomas. I took along a surprise for them – my new beard! Having not saved for the best part of three weeks I looked a little different (Gesa had been warned so as to avoid total shock from the kids) Issie […]
First name your cruise ship….
This morning, the cruise ship circus came to town in St John. Three arrived, each carrying over three thousand people. They docked, nose to tail, at the long cruise ship dock which leads straight into the ‘duty free shopping complex’. Yippee. I noted the names. Carnival Liberty, Adventure of the Seas, Carnival Splendor. These are […]
Relaxing (sort of) in Maho Bay
So here we are, back at one of my favourite spots, Maho Bay, St John. It’s truly beautiful here, in the midst of the US National Park, densly wooded shoreline, pristine beaches and nice snorkeling. It’s just great to wake up with the sun at 6:30 and enjoy the cool, fragrant beauty of a caribbean […]
Please forgive me but I am new to this, and failed to see or write about the collage I made for the new children’s museum in San Diego, in the previous log. The new building opened in May and “provides a dynamic, playful public space and community center for children and families—a place to experience […]
Thanksgiving in Carlsbad, CA
It’s Thanksgiving here in the USA, so neighbours drop by and play. We watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on television. A turkey is cooked! And we all sit down to a fabulous meal, all the usual trimmings. Thanks Julia, Peter and Aiden for allowing us to share this with you.
Playing in California
The kids and I are coming to the end of a fun packed two weeks in Carlsbad, California with our friends Julia, Peter and Aiden. Nick is now safe on a mooring at St John in the US Virgin Islands, while we have two more days before catching our flight. Although we arrived to beautiful […]
Arrived – US Virgin Islands
After fourteen days, if you include the time hiding out in Beaufort, and 1450 miles of sailing, calms, gales and just great sailing days, we are here. We found a mooring ball in the bay outside Santa Cruz, St John and, remarkably, managed to pick up the mooring line first try in the pitch darkness. […]
Land Ho!
21:25UTC 27/11/08 18’59N 064’55W Land Ho! The Virgin Islands appeared on the horizon recently, indistinct but unmistakable grey lumps of land. Thirty five miles away, our ETA is about midnight, local time. We’ll find a mooring buoy, as I know where those are, then do customs and other stuff in the morning before finding a […]
Fish 3 Ty Dewi 4
15:30UTC 27/11/08 19’34N 65’03W We’ve motored almost all night until a breeze sprang up from the east at dawn and we’ve held it for most of the morning so far with only occasional motoring to keep speed up. We are now in the home straight so no-one wants to hang out doing three knots! Yesterday […]
Feast or famine
20:30UTC 26/11/08 21’24N 065’31W After days of lots of wind, we now have none. It is sunny, warm, calm, lovely except for the incessant sound of the engine getting us steadily closer to the Virgin Islands. There’s no wind in the forecast either, so this is probably it for the sailing and on we go. […]