3/24 - Kryss, Tristan Hayman and I leave my Punta Gorda, Florida dock around 4:00 p.m. in light breezes and fair skies with the help of Dave and Betsy Jones.  We motor to the mouth of Charlotte Harbor and throw the hook out for dinner and the rest of the night.  Uneventful.

3/25 - We leave the anchorage around 9:00 a.m. under power for Ft. Meyers in light winds and moderate chop.  We have to maneuver in and around a number of sailboats seemingly on the same course leaving the entrance… Read the Full Log Entry

4/19 - We (myself and crew of Tristan Hayman and Daniel Rich) leave Shelter Bay Marina at 10:30 a.m. with light winds and a partially cloudy sky.  We exit the breakwater without delay as a large ship had just entered in front of us and none was approaching after it.  Outside the breakwater we’re traveling at 2200 rpm at approx. 6.5 knts. at first with modest swells and no waves.  It’s rocky without the sails up but there isn’t enough wind to use them.… Read the Full Log Entry

9/19 - Left Curacao Marine at 8:45; bridge opened for us on request when we got there; and we’re on our course at about 9:00.  Seas are calm and wind is essentially non-existent, so we’re motoring at 2,000 rpm.  Began doing 6.2-3 knts., but found some counter current and down to 5.6-7 knts. along most of the coast of Curacao on our way to our first Way point midway between Curacao and Aruba.  It’ darn hot.  As it gets dark sea gets a little more lumpy, wind is too much on our nose to keep a… Read the Full Log Entry

5/14 - Kind of funny.  I wake up and think it’s 7:00 a.m. so I wake the guys to get ready to leave, and it turns out that it’s 6:00 a.m., but truth be told, we needed all of the time between then and 9:00 a.m. when we finished fueling to be able to leave on time.  Take 47.5 gallons of fuel.  Wind and waves are pretty much as weather routing services predicted.  Wind 10-15knts, waves 4-6 ft.  Wind is moderate and very much behind us after we get away from Martinique.  We make very good time… Read the Full Log Entry

The First of the Windward Islands

4/15 - The open water portion of the trip from Roseau to Martinique is only 27 miles, but the passage is reported to be a rough one at almost all times because of the openness of the passage and the strength of the trades at this latitude.  I don’t know if it is actually the case of not, but I think we have been seeing the strength of the trades increase as we have traveled South, even though it is getting later in the year.  “Holy cannoli” the trip… Read the Full Log Entry

St. Martin to Dominica

3/14 - Arrived at Simpson Bay on the Dutch side of St. Martin right on schedule, circled the outer harbor a number of times getting ready to enter the inner harbor lagoon (taking in jack lines and putting out dock lines and fenders) - lots of large vessels, sail and power, on anchor in the outer harbor, and entered the inner harbor when the swing bridge over the entrance opened right on schedule.  Unlike some places we’ve been, bridge tender was spot on in… Read the Full Log Entry

1/20-21-Weather’s great on Sunday, clear skies and nice breezes. Monday it’s very humid and it rains on and off for a good part of the day. I go to the Laundromat and the Pueblo supermarket, managing to do both when it’s not raining and otherwise just putter around the boat.

1/22-Kryss arrives by air around 5:00 pm.

1/23-Herman comes promptly and installs the new starter, saying old one is being rebuilt and that he’s working on sourcing replacement rudder/autopilot arm… Read the Full Log Entry

Punta Gorda to St. Thomas Winter 2018/19

11/29 - Crew is all here.  Lloyd (Lloyd Crocker) flew in on the 26th and Greg flew in last night.  We leave at daybreak.  Winds are mild out of the Northeast.  I can’t back away from the dock so have to spin the boat in forward to get out of the canal for the first time.  It’s tight.  Just catch one of the davits on a piling a bit, but no damage done and we’re off.  Motor until out of the Boca Grande inlet and put up the sails and head for… Read the Full Log Entry

Tuesday May 30 - Finished emptying out the Apartment and provisioning the boat and removing all of the "permanent" lines from the Boca slip in the afternoon and then left for Lake Boca around 3:30 p.m. Hung out in the Lake overnight.

Wednesday May 31 - Weather is sunny and winds are moderate. Left the Lake for Key Biscayne around 8:00 but due to miscues with the bridge schedule didn't get out of the Hillsboro Inlet until around 10:00. Wind is on our… Read the Full Log Entry

April - May 2016

Preliminary- Kryss had to go to New York prepare for her Summer Trios performance, so I went to Cruiser's Forum to seek crew for the trip. Received responses from a number of interested qualified parties and decided to enlist the assistance of Patrick Rousseau from Punta Gorda Florida for the trip. He had just the right mix of experience, physical fitness, schedule flexibility, and apparently mild temperament to seem like the perfect choice. Turns out he was. In… Read the Full Log Entry