Sail Further

For everyone stuck in the eighties; the view of English and Falmouth Harbours should be easily recognizable from Duran Duran's music video for their song Rio (filmed in Antigua):

I saw this T-shirt in a window in St. Kitts. It's wrong on so many levels it's hard to know where to start...

This is the impressive fort guarding the harbor entrance of Christiansted in St. Croix. It's comforting to see that the US military is using the latest in defense technology to keep us secure down here. Our tax dollars at work.

Some highlights: Sailing with twin headsails (we tried many sail combinations to stay dead downwind)... A whale swam with us for about two hours... First Dorado Las Palmas to St. Lucia Official Time: 18-days, 8-hours, 35-minutes

"Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago... Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years. The minute-winning days, like flies, buzz home to death, and every moment is a window on all time. -Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward Angel

Marmaris Yacht Marina is a very economical Marina for wintering "on-the-hard." Here's why: 1). As you can see from the first photo: No need to rent a cradle! 2). And as you can see from the satellite photo, they really pack in the boats! Launch is clearly on a Last-in, First-out basis so if you miss your launch date expect big fees to move you around and reshuffle.

Flying the "steal your face" flag tied to the town quay in Hvar (Croatia's St. Tropez). Met quite a few Americans who couldn't get over seeing a US sailboat with "Portland, OR" as its hailing port here in Croatia.