Tag: long passages

That was a long and hard one.

That was a long and hard one.

Long passages can be like endurance training. When the day is divided into either on or off watch, this feels like work. We are as far away from away from work as one can be, yet we still get used to 30 hours of either 

Arrival Bahia Tortuga 9:30 AM

Arrival Bahia Tortuga 9:30 AM

Today I had the last watch before arriving in Turtle Bay. We were tired when we left our last anchorage at Bahia del Rosario. We had wanted to hide out from 6/7 foot waves there and ended up anchoring in a spot, which shook Radu 

First Night Watch. First Sail.

First Night Watch. First Sail.

Radu woke me up 15 minutes prior to arrival. It was 7 am. After our first 21 hour passage from Ensenada to St. Quintin and going overnight, it was hard to get up. Once in the cockpit, I was awed by a different world. Round 

Trust

Trust

When our grandson Adam was two or three years old, he had a blast jumping in his father’s arms from the kitchen counter-top. He was laughing and enjoying every second of it, asking for more and more. That’s TRUST. You have to trust your partner