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So Far Away
February 2025 In considering whether sailing to St. Pierre was a reasonable exception to my commitment to coastal cruising, I’d forgotten how far away St. Pierre actually is. According to Google Earth, it’s 623 nautical miles (717 Statute miles) from Rockport Harbor to St. Pierre. That’s about the same distance as from Rockport to Bermuda.…
Read MoreReturn to Bluewater
Fall 2024 As planned, in the Summers of 2023 and 2024 Lillian stayed near home, taking week-long cruises along the coast of Maine. Meanwhile, Willian Hill Harmon (Hill) had been working on midlife dreams of ocean voyages. In 2022, Hill had joined for the last leg of the Atlantic circumnavigation, sailing from Bermuda to Rockport…
Read MoreOut to Pasture 2022
On June 25th, 2022, the Lillian B sailed back into Rockport Harbor, Maine, completing her year-long circumnavigation of the North Atlantic. It was to be the last of her over 30,000 miles of blue-water voyages. Travelling around the Atlantic I’d compiled a mental list of repairs and upgrades: new sails, engine maintenance, a refrigerator/freezer that…
Read MoreLast Leg
Last Leg Late Entry Oct 22, 2022 The Lillian B sailed into her home port of Rockport, Maine on June 25th, 2022, five days and a year since having departed on the Summer Solstice, 2021 bound for Scotland. For me, the last push from Bermuda to Rockport was primarily about counting off the miles and…
Read MoreSix Days to Bermuda
Thurs, May 12, 2022 Latitude 32o 16’ N Longitude 64o 52’ W The 860 mile trip from Sint Maarten to Bermuda was uneventful. The same day that Kay and Denise departed Sint Maarten, crewmember David Carstens flew in and joined Burke and me at the Yacht Club Port De Plaisance (PDP). David was joining as…
Read MoreEntry into Sint Maarten
Saturday, April 30, 2022 Latitude 18o 02’ N Longitude 63o 05’ W, We made a leisurely 9 AM departure Saturday from the cove at St. Barts and headed 16 miles up to Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten. There was no point in leaving earlier since the drawbridge providing access to the Bay is closed midday and…
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St. Barts Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Latitude 16o 10’ N Longitude 61o 47’ W Wednesday April 27th we weighed anchor shortly after breakfast and departed Guadeloupe, headed for Saint Barts. Given the distance of over 120 nautical miles, this would be another overnight sail. A schedule of four-hour watches was set. Kay and Denise would…
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At Pigeon Island, Guadeloupe Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Latitude 16o 10’ N Longitude 61o 47’ W After a brief stay, we left Dominica at sunrise on Monday, May 4th and headed over to the French Island of Guadeloupe. Another island meant another round of visiting immigration and filling out entry documents. By 10:30 we were…
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022 (Late Entry) Dominica Latitude 15o 35’ N Longitude 61o 28’ W Last Friday afternoon, my wife Kay, along with friends Burke and Denise Munger, motored out of Rodney Bay, St. Lucia and headed up the chain of Caribbean Islands to the independent nation of Dominica. It was the first time that…
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022 (Late Entry) Latitude 14o 05’ N Longitude 60o 57’ W Rodney Bay Marina The chart plotter has a feature that indicates the boat’s ETA for a selected route, in this case the path to the Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia. As we approached the island, that estimate would vary between…
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