Since our last entry a great deal of water—and land—has flowed under the keel! We post this from the ski slopes of Whistler in Canada, but we did not get here by boat! Instead of sailing this winter, we are midway through a land-based road trip. But grand sailing plans for 2023 and beyond are … More One if by Land: Road Trip!
Have the boat, the time, the inclination, so why not set sail for a long, single-handed sail? I wanted to see what its like to sail solo on the ocean, get some Bermuda shorts, and go to Marks & Spencer! Check out the video:
Genevieve rested, like a Snow Bird, in Ft Lauderdale while we headed to Blighty for a few weeks over the New Year. But in early February we pulled away from our home-away-from-home dock in Florida to re-explore the Bahamas, the destination to which we first took Genevieve in 2016…read on. Despite the fact that we … More It’s Bluer in the Bahamas…
Trees turning to rusty hues—time to head to more temperate climes. This time, our journey south, Fort Lauderdale-bound, was planned to be a hippity-hop down the east coast of the USA, stopping over at places we have never seen–guest crews joining us for some of the stages… Cooked meals labeled and filed in the freezer, … More East Coasting…
Genevieve now floats peacefully in Port Jefferson Harbor on the North Shore of Long Island after a long, fun, varied journey–some of it meandering through familiar islands, some of it on the open North Atlantic. Read on… In February, we had limited options heading north from Antigua due to COVID border restrictions, which made it impossible to … More Homeward Bound
We are back on-board Genevieve after a long Summer and Fall of lock-down in New York, eager to broaden our horizons and continue our journey north through the Caribbean chain, and out into the big Atlantic Ocean… We had a very quiet, isolated, but industrious summer in New York. We landscaped the garden at 4 Bay, built a … More Inching North…
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Our scheme to sail north up the Caribbean chain to the British Virgin Islands and home to New York via Bermuda has been thoroughly hi-jacked by pirate ship “SARS-CoV-2”. As described in “Isolated Sailing”, we were locked down in Antigua from Mid March. When … More The Best Laid Plans…
Currently, we have the perfect isolation bubble. The self-sufficient, prepper’s dream, Genevieve is a long swim from shore, her lockers well-stocked, and no febrile indication that she has taken on a Corona stowaway. But let’s rewind. While Genevieve slept in Peakes Yard, Trinidad & Tobago, John and I had an autumn of land-based exploration … More Isolated Sailing
Its taken us a little while, but finally here is a video of our adventures sailing south from the BVI to Trinidad, exploring along the way: St Martin, St Barths, Antigua, Nevis, St Kitts, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, and Grenada. Lots of friends joining in the … More Genevieve in the Caribbean 2019
During our recent sojourn through Guadeloupe, friend Colin asked John and me if we’d like to join him sailing his Swan 62 across the Atlantic: New York to Gibraltar with a brief stop in the Azores. John said “hell no”. Martin said “hell yes!” Memorial Day, Colin (2) assembled his eager crew, Tom (3) Cillian … More Transatlantic Diaries: NY to Gibraltar
It’s been a long slog, but Genevieve is finally back to fighting form: re-rigged, re-fitted, shiny as new, and ready to sail. And what better way to test her mettle than to take her on a non-stop 1500-mile Atlantic romp from Fort Lauderdale to the British Virgin Islands? So, on December 31, 2018, after months … More Hooked on Sailing
You thought we had forgotten you all! Well, we are back, and so is Genevieve: better, shinier, more modern, and fully upgraded (just the boat, not us). In February, we put Genevieve on the float-on float-off DYT yacht transport ship and had her hauled back to Fort Lauderdale to start the long and complicated process of … More She is Risen!
After five long months of waiting while Genevieve lay on her ear, we can now happily report that she is on her feet in the yard at Nanny Cay, British Virgin Islands. We have spent a week going through her every nook and cranny cleaning the gunk left behind by a tsunami of rainwater and muck. … More Standing Tall, Heading for Fort Lauderdale
Experience our adventures via our new video of our 2017 BVI trip…
Genevieve is still laying on her side, and will be for a few more weeks yet. The Nanny Cay boat yard is working on righting all the felled boats and have made great progress. Unfortunately there are a couple of really big yachts hemming us in, and in order to lift these, the yard needs … More Fingers Tapping…
Finally we have some up-close shots of Genevieve and we can see that she is still more or less in one piece! She is leaning forward and on her side, which means the part of the hull that is on the ground is a forward, strongly built part. That is good. Also her rudder–a potentially … More Down, But Not Out
Hey Peeps. Maybe you can find some funds to donate to our friends Erik and Sheryl in Tortola who lost their home, their possessions, and their business in Hurricane Irma? Any amount appreciated and sorely needed to help them rebuild. https://www.gofundme.com/rescue-e-s-in-the-bvi?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=sharing_image&utm_campaign=invite_n If you would prefer a more general donation point, Richard Branson’s fund is the … More Donate
We finally have some news. We saw this picture this morning of the Nanny Cay storage area. Most boat are toppled and it looks bad, but Genevieve is identifiable. She is on her ear, leaning over about 30 degrees and it looks like the mast is still up. We won’t know the extent of damage … More Now We Know, Kinda
Genevieve took a direct hit from hurricane Irma and we have not received any direct confirmation of how she did or even if she is still a boat rather than a pile of twisted stainless and fiberglass. Tortola was slammed and most people lost their homes, and some lost loved ones, so our First World … More Poor Virgin Islands!
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