Our last afternoon in Havana, just sitting poolside at the Melia Cohiba downtown city hotel. No beach but the view is unbelievable; a stone’s throw to the Malecon, an oceanfront promenade lining the 6 km length of the shoreline along downtown Havana. A popular hangout for the local youth, where you’ll find a spontaneous [Read More →]
Volvo Ocean Racing… In Port Races for 2012 Full One and Half hours each, amazing, around the buoys in 70 foot Volvos.. In Alacante, Spain watch?v=Er98ogArEiw In Cape Town, South Africa watch?v=lbsDzrXnCAA In Abu-Dabi, United Arab Emirates watch?v=D2nRB31WVeE In Sanya, China watch?v=xaoV66r7JT8 In Auckland, New Zealand watch?v=jMzYTSKz8kg In Itajaí, Brazil watch?v=ChiWQkqcQaQ In Miami, USA * Most [Read More →]
After spending a few months in the Bahamas during the winter of 2008/09. We were delivering our sailboat home to Toronto, we decided to enter an offshore Race from Fort Lauderdale to Charleston and then the Charleston Race Week, and Delivery to New York City via Atlantic City on a Jeanneau 39iP, Black Diamond. We [Read More →]
Just after Hurricane season Nov. 1st 2008, we left New York City, offshore, for a non-stop trip to Florida. We arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, in 5 days and 3 hours non-stop ocean passage. We endured a 36 hour tropical depression ocean storm. This was part of our re-positioning and delivery of Black Diamond down to [Read More →]
I will be assisting friends with the delivery of their new sailing yacht “Sealight” a 43 foot Beneteau. This is an “X” Charter Yacht from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The goal is to deliver this yacht safely to it’s final home at the Port Credit Yacht Club in Toronto, Canada. I will [Read More →]
We exited the cut from Cave Cay, and took the outside route to Georgetown, we were sailing on the outside, as opposed to inside the cays. We chose this as a more direct and quicker route to Georgetown, Exuma. The inside route is a little more tricky, and still calls for deeper draft vessels to [Read More →]
We arrived safely with no injuries or damages in New York City on Sunday Morning at 5AM. The trip started out as a wild one. Just north of Charleston about 50 miles or so, we went through a wild thunderstorm. Sustained winds of 35 knots, gusts topped out at 47 knots. That’s near 100 kilometers [Read More →]
Dec. 3rd, 2008 Florida is experiencing a bit of a cold spell this week. We actually had to turn the heat on in the boat last night! We can’t complain too much considering that we left much colder temperatures in Canada. In Jacksonville we were at a marina located on the Intracoastal Waterway. We had [Read More →]
We left the house this morning at 3:30AM, and arrived without problems to the boat by noon. We are just getting organized, and resting up. Tomorrow we plan to do some grocery shopping, and possibly head out. Our next stop is St. Augustine, Florida. Below is a picture of our head sail furler. [Read More →]
US Navy Submarine we saw this morning coming in to Cape Canaveral. Dec. 4th, 2008 When we arrived at Cape Canaveral we saw a US Navy Submarine. It followed us from the sea into the harbour. The radar beeped randomly, we did not know what it was. We thought we were going to hit a [Read More →]
Here is a really neat video of our half hour dolphin encounter on the Atlantic Ocean. This was during our sail in November 2008 from New York to Florida.
Day 4 – Sunday, Nov. 2nd – A Dozen Dolphins Entertained Us. The winds pick up to 15-22 knots, and we were able to turn off the motors, and enjoy some amazing sailing, and surfing. Today was the day that we broke a surfing record of 13.5 knots in 10 foot seas. [Read More →]
Day 1 at Sea Continued…….Thursday 12AM Midnight…… Perfect conditions on our offshore sail from New York to Florida, November 2008. The winds were 15 to 25 knots, on the starboard quarter, broad reaching the whole way on 5 to 8 foot swells. 929 nautical miles in 5 days and 3 hours. Wednesday October 29th 6PM [Read More →]
A little clip of some rough sailing from New York to Florida offshore the whole way in 5 days 3 hours.
Comments after enduring a 36 hour, tropical depression on the Atlantic Ocean, offshore of the coast of Jacksonville Florida. We were about 100 miles offshore. The is was one of Peter’s first time ever on a sail boat. A crazy adventurer who said it would be a piece of cake.
Perfect conditions on our offshore sail from New York to Florida, November 2008. The winds were 15 to 25 knots, on the starboard quarter, broad reaching the whole way on 5 to 8 foot swells. 929 nautical miles in 5 days and 3 hours.