Saturday night was exhausting on board Sea Venture: ten-foot seas and then a hard slog across a hefty current that kept forcing them east when they needed to go west. Finally, around noon on Sunday they grabbed a mooring ball off Georgetown, Grand Cayman, and awaited clearance into the country. … Read more →
Here is First Mate Erwin Bremermann of s/v Thea Renee at the helm. He and his beautiful wife Phyllis are friends of old from Mazatlan and the Sea of Cortez. Michael has nothing but accolades for Erwin whose grace in difficult conditions, whose sense of humor, whose expertise and care, … Read more →
Gorgeous water, oh my. Anchored in a swimming pool. Colorful place near a color-splashed sea. This is Nene’s Marina in San Andres, where the locals hangout. Table tops are hatch covers or driftwood and the bases are sections of sailboat masts. Collected artifacts from cruising boats decorate the ceiling and … Read more →
He landed. Erwin is watching from the captain’s chair. Here he is en route to Michael’s finger, with Michael concentrating so that he doesn’t scare his new friend. I didn’t receive pictures of him perched on the finger, but Michael tells me that the sparrow hopped down, climbed on, and … Read more →
It used to be that Easter meant hats and new dresses, cherry blossoms in the city, bunnies. Then I learned Who made Easter, Whose resurrection we celebrate, and Easter became a joyous proclamation of Life and promises kept. We attended church. We sang and rejoiced. Sometimes we stood in the … Read more →
My husband the engineer became my husband the writer again today with his radio email sent from the Caribbean. Our boat is en route home, present destination Grand Cayman. May I suggest you wander over there and take a peek? Sea Venture’s webpages
Here’s the latest from Sea Venture’s Captain: So, shortly after you & I chatted this morn, I suggested to the First Mate (Erwin of Thea Renee fame) that maybe we should raise the mains’l. He agreed and said that in the 15 knot of beam wind we could probably hold … Read more →
Sea Venture’s crew had an exciting day yesterday when the US Coast Guard decided to pay them a visit. As a US Documented Vessel, Sea Venture is subject to the Coast Guard’s whims, which included their desire to come take a gander while SV was trying to make headway south … Read more →
Sea Venture arrived in the anchorage off Isla San Andres yesterday morning. They had a rough ride the first day out of Panama, with nasty seas making life quite uncomfortable. When these moderated, they had a lovely sail, but still had to hold on while preparing meals: the gentle swells … Read more →
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