A blog by nerds afloat
Technicalities of sailing
Since Mel last wrote, the Burnetts explored and provisioned in Provo and sailed to Mayaguana, Bahamas. Provo had the most American-ized grocery store yet, the Graceway IGA. Except for the $9.80 for a 12-pack of Coke Zero, that is. Ouch! … Read More
The Burnetts have been in the middle of nowhere. “Zero bars of Lime” kind of nowhere. (Lime is the cell carrier we have in the TCI. That’s “Turks & Caicos Islands” to those in the know, by the way. “Limin’ … Read More
We have had to sail so close to the wind that we are hand-steering to take advantage of the little bursts of wind that come from 30 degrees instead of 20. Above is a pic of Mel “hand-steering” the autopilot. … Read More