First Time Adventures With Spinnaker and Lively Upwind Beating

Spinnaker Set

Double Breasted Cay, Raggeds — 04•05•22 0830 hours, engines on, anchor coming up. I’ve got to get to George Town to submit my taxes. I was not getting text messages for the two-factor authentication log-on, for my brokerage accounts. Water Cay was my destination for the night, but I bailed out at Flamingo Cay as …

Rolly Polly

Trouble Heading Down Long Island

Thompson Bay, Long Island — 01•06•22 Calabash became very rolly, with the wave wrapping around the island. So with the wind pointing Trouble one way but the rollers were coming on the beam (side of the boat), it made for a very uncomfortable anchorage. So I pulled anchor and headed south to Thompson Bay about …