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07/05/2017 – Farewell the BVI

Posted on May 7, 2017 by John Easteal
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It is 27 hours since we crossed the start line outside Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola, our home for the past 8 days. The excitement and anticipation of our travels ahead, towards Bermuda, onwards to the Azores and finally home … Continue reading →

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06/5/2017 – Three weeks in the British Virgin Islands

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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We set off from St Martin on Easter Sunday evening, at about 1700, for the 75 nautical Mile (nM) journey to Virgin Gorda. We slowed ourselves down by keeping two reefs in the main and varying the amount of jib … Continue reading →

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15/04/2016 – Heading North

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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We cleared out of St Lucia as planned on Monday morning for the trip back to St Martin. What a trip! We had everything thrown at us: no wind, strong winds, torrential rain then back to no wind. Of course … Continue reading →

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09/04/2017 – Another three islands

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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The plan worked and we left St Martin on Wednesday heading towards Montserrat. This is the one island I was desperate to visit as, for me, it was a case of unfinished business! In 2010 we anchored in Little Bay, … Continue reading →

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28/03/2017 – St Barth Bucket and St Martin.

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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On the first day of racing the J Class has two races, described as windward/leeward. Basically they started some way offshore, tacked their way towards the harbour until they reached a turning mark then raised spinnakers to go downwind to … Continue reading →

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14/03/2017 – More from St Barth.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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The original plan was to stay about a week to ten days but we have now changed our minds! We spent a week in the anchorage off Gustavia, zooming in to the harbour on a regular basis. There are a … Continue reading →

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06/03/2016 – St Martin, Sint Maarten and St Barthélemy

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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We spent a relaxed couple of days anchored off Tintamare Island. It’s part of a large nature reserve but the snorkelling was disappointing. We explored the island, scrambling our way along the beach on the windward side where there are … Continue reading →

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Starblazer, St Martin, Marigot Bay

Posted on February 24, 2017 by John
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Hi to all The plan was to collect the new alternator Tuesday and install it on Wednesday—– —- Tuesday. Collect new alternator from Interline in Phillipsburg. Completed. Great shipping company. $10 shipping, $7.50 optional insurance. From Miami.— During day collected … Continue reading →

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18/02/2016 – Bad news, Good news!

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Joyce Easteal
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NB I am trying to make this text more readable because it leaves me properly formatted with paragraphs. The website gets rid of the paragraph spacing and line returns. In this blog I will put in a line of 10 … Continue reading →

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Test 2

Posted on February 18, 2017 by John
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Test2 Qwe Sdt . Hjy . Ftr ^ Jut ^ ^ Yui John, Starblazer … Continue reading →

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