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Date/Route/Crew/Time |
Position |
12-5-11
Port Louis Marina, St. George's, Grenada - Anchorage @ St. George's
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
1345 - underway |
12°02.619'N,
61°44.981'W |
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1404 - moored at outside St. George's, Grenada |
12°02.431'N,
61°45.321'W |
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Total Time: 19 minutes, total
dist: 1.193 nm |
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12-5-11: We finally got ourselves
off J-dock at Port Louis today. Moored off St. George's and staged for
passage to Carriacou tomorrow. |
12-6-11
St. George's, Grenada - Sandy Island, Carriacou
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0726 - underway |
12°02.410'N,
61°45.324'W |
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1240 - moored at Sandy Island, Carriacou |
12°29.011'N,
61°28.986'W |
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Total Time: 5 hours 14 minutes, total
dist: 33.34 nm |
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12-6-11: We are moored just off
Sandy Island, where there is supposed to be some nice snorkeling. We
need to clear out of Grenada/Carriacou while we're here. Tried to make
water, but there is something wrong with the water maker. Heading for
Bequia when we leave here to get water and see if we can find the
problem. Also having backlighting problems with the chart-plotter at the
helm. |
12-8-11
Sandy Island, Carriacou - Port Elizabeth, Bequia, SVG
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0613 - underway |
12°29.002.'N,
61°28.989'W |
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1207 - moored at Admiralty Bay, Bequia |
13°00.556'N,
61°14.296'W |
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Total Time: 5 hours 54 minutes, total
dist: 36.86 nm |
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12-9-11: Got into Bequia early, so
Gregg spent most of the day working on the water maker. Determined the
problem is the high pressure motor controller card, so we have one on
the way from California. Going to be here for a while. Also got chart
plotter shipped off to Raymarine for repairs. |
12-15-11
Port Elizabeth, Bequia - Tobago Cays
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0714 - underway |
13°00.558.'N,
61°14.296'W |
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1143 - anchored at Tobago Cays |
12°37.882'N,
61°21.418'W |
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Total Time: 4 hours 29 minutes, total
dist: 27.01 nm |
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12-15-11: Water maker working
again, we are ready for a few days of snorkeling with the turtles. |
12-18-11
Tobago Cays - Port Elizabeth, Bequia
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0741 - underway |
12°37.878.'N,
61°21.423'W |
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1236 - moored at Admiralty Bay, Bequia |
13°00.556'N,
61°14.302'W |
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Total Time: 4 hours 55 minutes, total
dist: 26.64 nm |
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1145/12-19-11 - re-moored
at Admiralty Bay, Bequia |
13°00.543'N,
61°14.267'W |
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12-19-11: It was time to get out of
Tobago Cays before a cold front packing 25+ knots of wind arrived. We
are comfortably moored close to town in Bequia on one of Phat Shag's
moorings. Our friends on Oceana are moored next to us and our
friends on Notre Vie are also in the anchorage here. We had
originally planned to go to St. Lucia for Christmas, but this cold front
has some pretty big winds and the seas right now are over 3 meters, so
we decided to wait it out in Bequia and enjoy Christmas here. Phat Shag
gave us a weekly rate on the mooring - $35 EC/night. He also had
us move to a mooring he had just inspected since we were planning to be
here for a while. |
12-27-11
Port Elizabeth, Bequia - Rodney Bay, St. Lucia
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0309 - underway |
13°00.540.'N,
61°14.266'W |
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0940 |
13°26.707'N,
61°03.983'W |
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1650 - docked at Rodney Bay Marina, St.
Lucia |
14°04.553'N,
60°57.001'W |
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Total Time: 12 hours 41 minutes, total
dist: 75.39 nm |
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12-27-11: We left Bequia bright
(OK, not so bright) and early to allow plenty of time to get to Rodney
Bay during daylight. We had agreed to decided if we were going to go
east or west around St. Vincent once we got out a bit and could get an
idea of what the seas would be like. The seas didn't really seem that
bad until we were committed to the eastern route. They ended up being
around 6-8 foot for a time which made Jen quite unhappy and queasy.
Unfortunately, during the worst of the seas, the clips on the bow of the
dinghy failed and in trying to drop the dink to tow it, it flipped over.
Gregg spent the better part of an hour (while we were not making
headway) trying to get it righted. He eventually did and we prepared the
dinghy for towing as best we could in the seas we were dealing with. We
lost the seat on the dinghy and an oar, but saved everything else. We
also managed to not suck any of the 4 lines/chains hanging from the
dinghy into the port engine while Gregg was working on getting it
righted. Once we arrived in Rodney Bay, Gregg determined that there was
sea water in the engine so he's going to have some work to do before we
can use it again. We feel very lucky that we didn't lose the dinghy
altogether, or either of the davits for that matter. All's well that
ends well, right? We'll stay in the marina at least through the New
Year. |
1-10-12
Rodney Bay, St. Lucia - Ste. Anne, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0913 - underway |
14°04.550.'N,
60°57.000'W |
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1434 - Anchored at Ste. Anne, Martinique |
14°25.934'N,
60°53.151'W |
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Total Time: 5 hours 21 minutes, total
dist: 26.23 nm |
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1-10-12: A bouncy but much less
eventful trip this time. Happy to be back in the French islands. |
1-15-12
Ste. Anne - Grande Anse D'Arlet, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0852 - underway |
14°25.933.'N,
60°53.152'W |
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1154 - Anchored at Grande Anse, Martinique |
14°30.290'N,
61°05.365'W |
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Total Time: 3 hours 2 minutes, total
dist: 15.96 nm |
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1-15-12: We moved up to Grande Anse
to visit with our friend Kathy on her birthday. We're glad we did, but
we've found the anchorage crowded and rolly with difficult holding on
the northern end of the bay. It took us around 45 minutes to find a spot
and get the anchor set. It's generally a deep bay, with sand over rock.
The cruising guide says there's a restricted area in the middle of the
harbor where you cannot anchor because you'll be in the way of the
fishermen, however, it appeared to us that this is largely ignored. |
1-16-12
Grande Anse D'Arlet - Schoelcher, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0728 - underway |
14°30.298.'N,
61°05.364'W |
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1043 - Anchored at Schoelcher, Martinique |
14°36.748'N,
61°06.118'W |
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Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes, total
dist: 15.13 nm |
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1-16-12: We had intended to go with
Oceana to Trois Ilets, but we went in a poked around a bit and
didn't find a spot we were comfortable with, so we moved on to
Schoelcher for the night. |
1-17-12
Schoelcher - Ste. Pierre, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen,
Quinn
0723 - underway |
14°36.744.'N,
61°06.115'W |
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0925 - Anchored at Ste. Pierre, Martinique |
14°44.430'N,
61°10.673'W |
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Total Time: 2 hours 2 minutes, total
dist: 10.97 nm |
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1-17-12: Anchored near Oceana
and Windward Passage in Ste. Pierre. |
1-18-12
Ste. Pierre - Ste. Anne, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen, Quinn
0728 - underway |
14°44.421.'N,
61°10.671'W |
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1325 - Anchored at Ste. Anne, Martinique |
14°26.170'N,
60°53.090'W |
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Total Time: 5 hours 57 minutes, total
dist: 30.97 nm |
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1-18-12: We moved back down to Ste.
Anne to spend another evening with Windward Passage before they
head on to St. Lucia. |
1-23-12
Ste. Anne - Schoelcher, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen, Quinn
1129 - underway |
14°26.177.'N,
60°53.097'W |
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1509 - Anchored at Schoelcher, Martinique |
14°36.765'N,
61°06.102'W |
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Total Time: 3 hours 40 minutes, total
dist: 22.05 nm |
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1-23-12: We started our trip north
to stage for the passage to Dominica in a couple days. |
1-24-12
Schoelcher - Ste. Pierre, Martinique
Crew: Gregg, Jen, Quinn
0754 - underway |
14°36.765'N,
61°06.104'W |
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1015 - Anchored at Ste. Pierre, Martinique |
14°44.448'N,
61°10.658'W |
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Total Time: 2 hours 21 minutes, total
dist: 10.64 nm |
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1-24-12: No big gusts like we
usually see on this trip in the lee of Martinique, so we motorsailed in
the light winds. We anchored twice, moving after a large catamaran left
and we decided we liked his spot better. The anchorage was PACKED by the
end of the day with boats heading north. One boat anchored so close to
us we nearly reach his bow sprit. We could and had to fend him off when
he tried to let out more scope. He dumped some chain and it pulled him
forward and would have hit us just aft of midships on the starboard side
if we hadn't held him off. |
