The sail from Jolly Harbour, Antigua to Guadeloupe is about 40 nautical miles, or 7-8 hours of sailing time in our boat. We calculate an average speed of about 5.5 knots/hour when planning our journeys – when the winds are up we will sail faster than that, but you can quickly end up getting slowed Continue Reading
Tag: sailing life
Happy New Year!
We took a quick trip back to Canada in early December to see family, and returned to Antigua about a week before Christmas. With the all hot weather and sunshine, it has been hard to believe that it’s winter, let alone the holiday season! Our friends Aaron and Kelly came to stay with us for Continue Reading
Antigua Bound!
We are terribly behind on our travel posts from this fall! I think part of the reason we’ve fallen so far behind that (at least for me!) the very idea of trying to catch up is so overwhelming that I struggle to even get started on a new post. Nevermind all the time it takes Continue Reading
Whales!
August 13th to 16th, 2022 Because we have fallen behind on the blog, I’ve had several people ask if we were able to see any whales while we were in the St. Lawrence – pic or it didn’t happen, right? But rest assured – we saw LOTS of whales in Tadoussac! Watching whales from your Continue Reading
Puget Sound
We had some extra time in May, so we took a trip south of the border.
How I spent my Easter Vacation
Part two of our April adventures.
Let me tell you about my boat
Join us for a boat tour!
Bears!
A visit to Glendale Cove, in Knight Inlet
The Engine Mount Story
This is a bit out of order (as it all happened before we went to Roscoe Inlet), but we haven’t really had a chance to explain what we’ve been talking about with the engine mounts and what all happened. So here goes. We had left Shearwater/Bella Bella to travel to the outer islands and work Continue Reading
Making Water
Our watermaker is working!