Great Harbor Jost Van Dyke BVI While cleaning the bottom of the boat before leaving the US, we found a lot of growth. It had been almost a year since she was painted, so we had Berkeley East hauled and the bottom painted at Nanny Cay Tortola. With our new bottom paint we made a […]
Since arriving in Tortola, we have been cruising around the BVI, enjoying many different islands including Virgin Gorda, Cooper Island, Salt island, Peter Island, Norman Island and Jost Van Dyke. We dove the wreck of the Rhone, a 300′ Royal Mail Ship sunk in 1867 where we ran across this four-foot’ barracuda. Hung out on […]
18 25.411’N:64 37.073’W Berkeley East crossed the Caribbean 1500 finish line in squall conditions just 8 days after departing Virginia. We had an exciting passage with both highs and lows. When it was all said and done we were the 13th boat across the line, despite a few setbacks. We had great sailing, covering over […]
04 November 2007 | Hampton, VA “Our crew, Rich and John, friends from college days, joined us on Thursday and we finished up preparations and should be in the British Virgin Islands in less than 10 days. Wish us luck, fair winds and following seas. You can track our progress at http://www.carib1500.com/ . Just click on the […]
We left Martha’s Vineyard with a north wind blowing 20 – 25 kts, and a forecast of big seas. We were not sure exactly where we would go. While getting back to Hampton, Virginia to prepare for the Caribbean 1500 was necessary, we also thought a trip back through the Chesapeake Bay hitting some of […]
On our way south we stopped in at Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Two great islands. On Martha’s, we biked most of the island (with a little help from the bus system). We were moored in Edgartown, but saw Vineyard Haven, Gay Head (now called Aquinnah), South Beach and Memensha. We loved this island and can’t […]
42 02.777’N:70 11.014’W With the weather getting cooler, we began our trip south with a sail from Portland, Maine to Provincetown, MA. This is where the Pilgrims arrived in the new world and the Mayflower Compact was signed. During this trip we saw, dolphin, schools of jumping tuna and whales. No luck catching the tuna […]
17 September 2007 While in Maine, our friends Jan and Paul joined us for a sail through the islands in Casco Bay and up into the mid coast of Maine. We stopped at fishing villages in Wiscasset and Will’s Gut for lobster. After three days of lobster for lunch and dinner we’d had our fill, […]
14 September 2007 | Portland Maine We have continued north to Salem & Rockport MA, through New Hampshire and into Maine. We stopped at Peak’s Island for the night (a great sunset) and then headed further north to Georgetown Island dodging what seamed like every one of the three million lobster traps in this state. […]
Marblehead, MA Over Labor Day weekend we arrived in Marblehead MA, corporate headquarters for Hylas Yachts and home to more than 2,000 sailing vessels. We enjoyed watching the Wednesday night sunset races from our harbor mooring, just off the start line. Nightfall Over Marblehead During our stay here we had visitors, Larry’s sister Kathi and […]
