Weather
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Travels of Early Out: Sitting in George Town Exumas
SailBlogs &bull Today
We are just sitting in George Town waiting out bad weather, making repairs and enjoying the cruisers regatta. A week long group of events from coconut hunt in dingies with no motors, fun volleyball tournament, softball game with the locals, variety show, some sailboat racing and many others. We have been having watermaker problems and have had the boat torn apart for about 3 days.… Full Story »
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SAILING AWAY ON ZEPHYR: Happy Sailors
SailBlogs &bull Today
The weather window looks good and we're ready to jump! We left Boca Chita Naval Air Station and our beloved happy hour/laundry day early this morning. We received the royal sendoff of the conch shells. The night before, the warm weather brought out the cruisers at the marina in full fun force and we finally had an opportunity to meet some of the really cool people at the marina. Wow, such a wonderful sailing love story. After filling our tanks they offered us the fuel dock for the night without charge! And, with a 25 gallon fuel purchase you get… Full Story »
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s/v LILIANA: It's getting closer to start time.
SailBlogs &bull Yesterday
Sally and I have just finished three days of garden work here in Maine. Liliana is waiting for us in Stuart, FL at Sunset Bay Anchorage and Marina where we think the weather is finally starting to warm up. It… Full Story »
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Wintry weather "back home" in south of France
All About Boats . . . So it Goes &bull Yesterday
Hello everyone. Here is a photo of Emma which I never thought would be possible, especially in March. We have had a downfall of snow which is really beautiful but totally unexpected. On Friday we were in T-shirts finishing the… Full Story »
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Aristea Wanderings: Off to Bermuda
SailBlogs &bull Yesterday
ARISTEA made port in Natal at 0630, Tues, 9 March. We refueled, got some last-minute provisions and got the laundry done. Skipper was a little under the weather but feels better now. We departed Natal at 1630, Tues, 9 March… Full Story »
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Clipper 09-10: Heavy weather and another problem for California
Sail-World &bull Mar 9, 2010Clipper 09-10: Californian crew were further tested when their steering wheel became stuck. Full Story »
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Southern Cross: Wow what nice weather
SailBlogs &bull Mar 9, 2010
Into the second week of March and still we are having nice weather, relatively speaking, that is. But there is an end in sight. There is a big storm brewing just South of us and heading our way. The storm… Full Story »
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Elixir's Sojourns South and North: TROPICAL temps
SailBlogs &bull Mar 9, 2010
The winds finally lessened enough to allow us to leave Emerald Bay, so we moved a little south and spent two nice days on the hook at Coconut Cove, then two more days anchored off Volleyball Beach near Georgetown. Yesterday we FINALLY made it to Long Island, and are now anchored in Thompson Bay. This is a lovely spot, protected in all… Full Story »
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A Day at the Mill
Maine Windjammer Blog &bull Mar 9, 2010
The schooner Mary Day offers summer sailing vacations departing from Camden, Maine. This captains' blog is about our various activities aboard the schooner and ashore. Good morning everyone. The weather has been absolutely spectacular these past few days a harbinger… Full Story »
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SAILING AWAY ON ZEPHYR: Warm and Sunny at Last!
SailBlogs &bull Mar 9, 2010
Hooray! The weather has finally started to warm up, now I can wash the sweatpants I've had on for a week! Returned to Key West today from our shakedown cruise to the Marquesas and Dry Tortuga. The wind and waves were more than predicted, but for my first "out-of-sight-of-land" trip everything went well. The catamaran has a much different feel than does our monohull. Having two hulls gives the enterior a huge amount of space, but it sounds real spooky when a wave crashes up under the salon. I finally got tired of feeling queasy and applied a motion sickness… Full Story »
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S/V Perelandra: On the hard...
SailBlogs &bull Mar 8, 2010
S/V Perelandra has been on the hard for the winter, since October, but with the nice weather this past weekend, and in anticipation of getting to work on her soon, I've signed on with SailBlogs. Hope to add my own… Full Story »
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SV THIRD DAY: Barra Navidad Photos
SailBlogs &bull Mar 8, 2010
In true THIRD DAY form, we followed Just a Minute into the Barra Navidad lagoon, letting the shallow draft Cat warn us of shallow water. We were monitoring channel 22 when I heard Patrick call our for THIRD DAY. I answered with the standard, "where do you want to go" meaning what channel would you like to change to and his quick response as he was turning his boat sharply to port was, "Not Here". I understood immediately that he was warning us of shallow water and followed his turn to port! This is a photo looking into the Barra… Full Story »
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Sunny Skies: Hunkered Down
SailBlogs &bull Mar 8, 2010
We finally got our fridge working great off the solar panels. And we got our new stackpack with the ships name on it in big gold letters (photo to follow). Now we are waiting out some weather in Maho Bay,… Full Story »
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Spring the Boat Loose
Daily Boater &bull Mar 8, 2010With the warm weather this past weekend here in the northeast, many boaters are tempted to break the boat out of its winter confinement and get spring started a little early. But before you launch your boat for the first… Full Story »
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Living Well Sailing: Part way home.
SailBlogs &bull Mar 8, 2010
Well, we did make Nassau in 10 hours but it was not a comfortable ride. The wind did shift to starboard and allow us to get a little help and stabilization with our sails. We arrived about 4pm. Tomorrow morning we will leave for the 35 hour trip non-stop to… Full Story »
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No Keys Leaving It All Behind: The Plan
SailBlogs &bull Mar 7, 2010
Our time here in the Bahamas is almost over. We have had to deal with a lot of weather fronts just like everyone up north. Today we got up early, had our coffee and set off down the harbour to do the laundry and get some groceries. We are down to the last of… Full Story »
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No Keys Leaving It All Behind: Last Sunset at Warderick
SailBlogs &bull Mar 7, 2010
What can I say? Beautiful, this was our last night there. Our weather window came to finally start to head back to Nassau. We sailed from there to Allen's Cay and parked for yet another front. And as mah nature… Full Story »
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Sailing Scot: Dolphin Delight
SailBlogs &bull Mar 7, 2010
After having our meals "al fresco" out at the pool today's inclement weather had us eating inside for the first time. The day dawned grey and heavily overcast. There was no sunrise or any dramatics. It just slowly got lighter… Full Story »
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Wandering Dolphin: What we do when it's "cold."
SailBlogs &bull Mar 7, 2010
So when you live in a small space what do you do when you wake up on the weekend to rain and "cold" weather? Honeymoon bay, while very protected from the East, is not protected at all from the West so when that happens most of the boats move out but we generally stay knowing it will only last a few hours at most. The waves build up and our comfortable little anchorage becomes a rolly bumpy place to live for a while. Then when the wind shifts to the North the temperature drops. Our bodies are used to a… Full Story »
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Excusme...: Arrival in the cold north
SailBlogs &bull Mar 7, 2010
We arrived in Isla Mujeres after sailing into the wind tacking for 200 miles. We arrived wearing more clothes than we normally have. I was wearing pants, tee shirt, long sleeve shirt, foul weather jacket and poants, and rubber boots.… Full Story »
