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Brava to Martinique Day 21
Sunday, December 1 With fewer than 240 nautical miles left to go, I’m starting to think about how to slow down right at the end so we don’t come in during the night. Between pot buoys, anchored boats,...
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Brava to Martinique Day 22
Monday, December 2 James asked me to get some video of this weather “if it’s safe” and if that caveat isn’t a hint about what it’s like out here right now, I don’t know what would be. It’s so hard to...
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…and then what?
We rolled up on Martinique like we owned the place, dropped the hook and then what? We sat in silence for about an hour and stared at shit while our minds and bodies caught up with each other. When a...
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Martinique to St Thomas Day 1
Thursday, December 19 We took our time getting out of Sainte-Anne and I later realized I was in trouble. I did bad math and I don’t think we’re going to make it in time for my job interview. Oh well,...
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Martinique to St Thomas Day 2
Friday, December 20 For us to pick up the mooring they offered by 6am on Monday and get the dinghy launched, make me presentable, and row in by 10am, we’d have to average 4.283333333 knots. This past...
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Martinique to St Thomas Day 3
Saturday, December 21 We’re in an area with a lot of names. I’m certain we’re in the Caribbean Sea. The Leeward Islands are to the east a little ways but I’m not sure we’re in them. I know we aren’t...
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Martinique to St Thomas Day 4
Sunday, December 22 The sun is low behind heavy clouds and the afternoon has been low-key for the last few hours. No storms in a while, after being chased by monsters throwing lightning. No birds or...
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We sail on
So we sailed on to St. Thomas, USVI from Martinique and moored up in Redhook Bay. The voyage was one of the most intense sailing experiences of our lives which, as you know, is really saying...
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So here we sit…
…at the dawn of the Great American Oligarchy, taking our pick from the flora et fauna, and we still decide who lives and who dies. We are pit against each other in our arena of capitol that is...
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It’s so worth it!
So, we’re settling in on the Island of St. Thomas here in the Caribbean Sea on what is commonly known as the US Virgin Islands. Dena has set her mind to doing a job for the company she works for and I...
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