Monday, January 27 Well we talked to Chris Parker and we can still go to BVI’s going off shore. First waypoint is 26N 72W. We left at 733am. We have an OK message going to Chris Parker so he can give us weather based on our position. Don’t be worried if it takes us a […]
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Tuesday, December 24 We started the engine at 645am and Phil raised the anchor while I listened to Chris Parker weather using head phones. It wasn’t too long until we were in the steeper waves in the cut and shallow water that I came up getting seasick down below. Then I had a great idea! […]
Sunday, December 15 to Tuesday, December 17 Our wait is over. The winds are from the south and it’s time to go now raising anchor at 712am. New friends SV Sea Vu play and their friends have decided to go today after all. We raised the reefed Main Sail at 725am heading down Government Cut […]
Sunday, October 20, Day 103 This morning when we woke at 7:45 AM it was about 63 degrees and cloudy. Today we went the short jump from Lady’s Island to Beaufort to meet up with SV Bentana. We cast off at 11 AM and about an hour later we rafted off Judy and Stephen’s boat. […]
Monday, September 16 Day 69 Today is the day to go to St. Michaels on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, As is typical for us, we woke early at 6am and castoff at 644am. We saw a beautiful sunrise which is one of the advantages of being up so early. The wind was […]
Wednesday, September 4. Day 57 606am we start the engine, but the snubber hooked on the chain twice, once in the top part and again in the bottom slot and it was something for Phil to get unhooked. Finally at 615am we raised anchor the 2nd boat to leave. At 645am on the Atlantic Ocean […]
I started out the day washing two loads of clothes while Phil cleaned the side decks and cockpit on Changes. I had my iPad with me and checked the weather, as we often do daily before a passage and it looked like it had changed to be SW on Friday instead of continued E or […]
Travels with the Dolsen’s 