Technicalities of sailing
[kad_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FR6snkrfhG4?rel=0" width="200" height="200"] Warning: This post will be sailing-term heavy. Just so you know. So we made it from Santa Marta to Aruba the easy way. We had uncommonly good weather, which was amazing given that we were traversing one of the fabled roughest passages in the Caribbean, and even upwind. Waves were…
Just a quick note that we made it to Santa Marta! We left last night at 9 p.m. and got into the marina at 5:30 p.m. Winds topped out at 40 kts apparent. Not a great passage. All hatches leaking. Scupper cracked again. But we are here and no one vomited! Time for a drink!
This weekend we took a getaway from our getaway by taking seven guests with us to the Rosarios, some tiny Caribbean islands just 20 miles south of Cartagena. The crew included fellow sailors Steve and Rachel, whom we met in Port Antonio and who also survived the trip south directly to Cartagena. We should all get some…
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