Greetings all! I want to experiment with including some video in my blog entries this summer. This is just a quick test of some poorly hacked together video that I shot recently while traveling home from the boat on Kenmore Air. This was strictly a test to see how the video would look on Youtube, and how it would appear in the blog entry. So … don’t expect much…. I spent perhaps 10 minutes on editing, and it shows… My plan is to take the drone with us to the boat and try to get some cool f…
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[Kensblog] Testing the use of video in my blog entries – Flying Kenmore Air
[Kensblog] Testing the use of video in my blog entries – Flying Kenmore Air
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North Atlantic Gales
On our 2,800nm North Atlantic passage from Newport, RI to Ireland we passed through three gales. The first two were in the initial week of the passage, before we turned the corner south of the Grand Banks. It was during the first gale that we battled a water ingress issue that set off alarms a…
Dylan Speaks
And talks like he sings — his words like his lyrics — draw images
Truly worth your time to listen to in it’s entirety –
Nordhavn 57-26 Istaboa
A More Flexible Power System for Panacea
In 2014 we published A More Flexible Power System for Dirona. This article ran in the April 2016 PassageMaker issue and aspects of this design have been offered as options on new Nordhavn builds. Since that article was published there has been considerable progress in lithium-ion battery technologies. All forms of Li-Ion battery technology offer…
The Exumas
It’s been a while, but it still feels like home.
After pulling out of Ft Lauderdale, early, in the dark, we eased away from Port Everglades cut and pointed east toward Great Harbour Cay. We didn’t get much help from the Gulf Stream so I pushed the throttle a bit and saw 10+ knots. Our course computer calculated we’d make it in around 6:30PM, but we beat that by about 30 minutes and motored into the marina only to find the place empty.
No problem finding a slip.
After tying up and washing a bit of the salt off Istaboa, we walked up to Rocky Hills Bar and enjoyed a nice dinner of pan fried fresh Wahoo. It was excellent and as always the company and conversations were too.
The next morning came and we could tell it was going to be a bit lumpy out, but we knew it was going to get worse before getting better — so we slogged into the rough on the east side of the Berrys and took it on our nose.
After a couple of hours the seas did settle into a moderate chop and we motored around New Providence then made way across White Bank, straight for Highborne Cay. Again, pushing, we made it into the marina around 6:00 and gladly tied up. We booked 2 days so the next day was a short but enjoyable respite on the island. We enjoyed it so much we booked another one.
We haven’t been to Highbourne in years. The place has become so popular we couldn’t get in unless we made reservations well in advance… and we just don’t roll that way.
Highbourne is a beautifully manicured little island that still manages to hold on to the barefoot ambience of the Bahamas. The other boaters here are friendly and we made new friends as well as caught up with old ones. Some interesting tales we’re told and enjoyed as we sat in the shade of the little gazebos located at the end of each dock. The sunsets, as usual, were quite nice.
Gallant Lady – Anchored off Highbourne Cay.
So today the plan is to run south to Compass Cay and continue our infatuation with the Exumas.
The good news is the winds are a bit blustery which will keep things cool and hold the bugs at bay.
The bad news is the winds are a bit blustery which will make for a messy day.
We’ll take the good with the bad.
Cheers,
Nordhavn 57-26 Istaboa
Newport to Kinsale
We completed our Fastnet-to-Fastnet run and arrived into Kinsale, Ireland after a 17-day, 2,801 nm crossing of the North Atlantic. And we shared our first pint at an Irish pub—we’d been looking forward to that from almost the moment we left Newport. This was by far our most difficult passage we have done, with three…
Two Steps Forward — One Back
No, haven’t moved yet.After the davit fix we splashed the tender to run the engine. Well, that didn’t go as planned.Hopefully the fix will happen today and we’ll leave soon. There’s a few days of nice weather coming up and we hope to take advantage of …
527 Miles To Ireland
In over 13,000 engine hours and some 95,000 miles of travel, we’ve never had a mechanical emergency at sea and never have had to distrub the off-watch person to deal with an issue. This happened twice on the passage from Newport to Ireland, the first was the high bilge water alarm last week during James’…
