Apr 2007
This past Sunday our club held its Winter match racing championships. We had three local teams and a team from Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, who came and showed us a thing or two and won the championship. I wasn’t sailing, I was on the Race Committee boat, where it was our job to signal […]
Mar 2007
Just when we thought that Winter was over, we had a bunch of snow and ice dropped on New York. Digging the boats out to racing warmed us up, but by the end of the day I was getting frostbite.
Mar 2007
Winter match racing! Here are some pictures from the sunny Hudson. The picture below is me and Doug, who organizes these races for our sailing club.
Feb 2007
We sailed back to the Gosier marina in the morning and were at the airport by 1 p.m. Four of us were flying back together. After 8 days on a boat a couple of us had a hard time adjusting to the steadiness of land–I had to keep rocking sideways to keep from feeling sick!
Feb 2007
We spent the morning going over cruising knowledge that we needed for the ASA standard and learning some knots. Bob was doing some very strange things with rope and sometimes it looked like prestidigitation. Meanwhile the Sunsail people replaced the two electric pumps and the furler cleat. Then we sailed to Islêt Gosier, a tiny […]
Feb 2007
Going back north we were on starboard tack. On the passage from Dominica to Les Saintes I had noticed a little water under the cabin sole, but we’d assumed it was normal bilge water that was appearing because of the extreme heel. Today we again saw water and at first dismissed it, but after a […]
Feb 2007
We spent another day in the Saints, buying a few provisions and practicing picking up a mooring. Going ashore was like stepping into mainland France, everything was so much the same. The supermarkets were franchises of French chains, containing the exact same products as mainland shops, and the bars had the exact same drinks. For […]
Feb 2007
On the passage back from Dominica to Les Saintes in Guadeloupe we decided to take in a reef because of the strong winds. First we hove to, and in the process the rope clutch that controlled the jib furler line disintegrated. On a learning cruise this was great experience in learning to handle the unexpected.
Feb 2007
We spent the day with the boat anchored off the coast while we took a land tour. We saw the Emerald Falls, some handicrafts, a restaurant with a great view, and, of course, we rode around in the magic minibus.
Feb 2007
Sailing down the coast of Dominica I felt that we were in real Pirates of the Caribbean territory with many caves along the coast where you could hide your treasure. There were also some tranquil little coves that would be perfect for a lunch stop. The water was an amazingly deep blue.