Thanks to all my friends & family for your "BonVoyages".
Friday,
CatAway left Annapolis at sunrise.
Winds were 25-30 knots with gusts to 45!
Very manly, at triple reef, we cut 8 knots or better on a beam to broad reach all the way to Solomons, MD. 45 Nautical miles. Made it to the dock by 2:00 PM.
Saturday,
89 nm to Hampton, VA. Winds, 20-25 knots. Beam to close haul, starboard tack.
Single reefing, brave? yes. However, this boat is very stable.
average for the day: 7.5 knots 89 nautical miles.
left at 7:30 AM, arrived after dark in Hampton, VA around 9:30 PM.
It was dark and a little scary following a shallow channel to the marina.
Made it safely and easily.
Attended a Gulf Stream weather report meeting.
Gulf stream sailing tactics.
Demonstration of life raft deployment. eeek!
(real stuff!)
Stuckie
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Caribbean Sailing Voyage, November 2, 2008
Family, friends, and sailors,
Some of you may have heard of my planned adventure on the High seas. On November 2, I will embark from Hampton, VA on a 1500 mile sailboat cruise to Tortola, British Virgin Islands. It takes about 8-10 days to get there. I'd like to tell you that my manly voyage will be sailing solo in a Kayak; but, instead a Fountaine Pajot, Belize 43 will be the vessel of choice. This is a fine catamaran.
Altogether, we will be a crew of four.
CatAway is owned by a couple that will spend six months sailing the Caribbean Islands. Nice, eh? This will be there second journey to the BVI's.
The Caribbean 1500 is a rally of boat owners that gather each year just after hurricane season for the journey. About forty boats have signed up. The rally provides seminars on best practices and provides boat inspections for safety, etc. Go to the Carib 1500 web site if you want more information.
I hope to transmit progress reports by email on occasion. Yes, email is possible albeit slooow by satellite. However, all boats will carry tracking GPS transmitters. You can see the progress of all boats on the tracking web site. To make it fun, this is a race.
Ken & Joan Wenyon of Hilltown, PA, near Montgomeryville, are the owners of CatAway.
Web sites:
The boat:
http://www.fountainepajot.com.au/belize43-catamaran.htm
http://www.letsgocruising.com/cataway.html
Caribbean 1500 Rally:
http://www.carib1500.com/events/caribbean1500.html
Tracking site:
http://onltr.magnatrax.net/no.php?fid=10330
George’s blogsite:
http://www.georgesneighborhood.blogspot.com/
BTW, I will not be taking my golf clubs and my insurance is paid.
Capt. Stuckie, aka George
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Some of you may have heard of my planned adventure on the High seas. On November 2, I will embark from Hampton, VA on a 1500 mile sailboat cruise to Tortola, British Virgin Islands. It takes about 8-10 days to get there. I'd like to tell you that my manly voyage will be sailing solo in a Kayak; but, instead a Fountaine Pajot, Belize 43 will be the vessel of choice. This is a fine catamaran.
Altogether, we will be a crew of four.
CatAway is owned by a couple that will spend six months sailing the Caribbean Islands. Nice, eh? This will be there second journey to the BVI's.
The Caribbean 1500 is a rally of boat owners that gather each year just after hurricane season for the journey. About forty boats have signed up. The rally provides seminars on best practices and provides boat inspections for safety, etc. Go to the Carib 1500 web site if you want more information.
I hope to transmit progress reports by email on occasion. Yes, email is possible albeit slooow by satellite. However, all boats will carry tracking GPS transmitters. You can see the progress of all boats on the tracking web site. To make it fun, this is a race.
Ken & Joan Wenyon of Hilltown, PA, near Montgomeryville, are the owners of CatAway.
Web sites:
The boat:
http://www.fountainepajot.com.au/belize43-catamaran.htm
http://www.letsgocruising.com/cataway.html
Caribbean 1500 Rally:
http://www.carib1500.com/events/caribbean1500.html
Tracking site:
http://onltr.magnatrax.net/no.php?fid=10330
George’s blogsite:
http://www.georgesneighborhood.blogspot.com/
BTW, I will not be taking my golf clubs and my insurance is paid.
Capt. Stuckie, aka George
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