Category: Sailing
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Identifying the old bits
After perusing the manufacturer’s brochure for the Pandora International, I’ve realised that the following items (minimum) are probably from 1974: until yesterday, her boom (or at least it was the exact same layout) her rudder the hand pump in the galley (which is getting replaced) the sliding table on port the put-away table on starboard…
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MOD70s come to town
The MOD70 trimarans came through Dun Laoghaire as part of their racing circuit. Slow is not a word you would use to describe these boats.
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Sailing Along
Hand-holding the GoPro at the rubbing strake level, cruising through Scotsman’s Bay on the way to Killiney Bay.
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Bequia to St. Vincent to Barbados
Up before the sun. Tidied up the ropes, and we were off into the Bequia channel by 0650 (after bathing Mum in vinegar because she ran in to some jellyfish on her morning swim). The channel was rougher than the leg down, but nowhere near as rough as we’ve seen it before, so it was…
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Bequia Redux
Up at 06:00. Hot night, even with the windscoop. Came up on deck to find us pointing to the west, which is even more unusual than pointing to the south. Some small entertainment on the ‘Sailing’ channel – a charter yacht arrived around 06:10, dropped anchor, lifted anchor, moved, dropped anchor, lifted anchor, moved and…
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Tobago Cays to Bequia
Not the best of nights; one squall and awake several times to investigate non-rhythmic noises. Got up relatively late, 06:45. Yacht is prepped, we leave for Bequia soon. Sailing in the morning light is cooler, it’s easier to see the reef to the west of the Cays, and the sun isn’t as strong on the…