Crossing Paths
October 6, 2018
Day 2
Noon Position: 32 59N 125 37W
Course/Speed: SSW 7+
Wind: NNW 16 – 20
Sea: NNW 6 – 8
Sky: Overcast, squally, part sun
Bar: 1021...
October 6, 2018
Day 2
Noon Position: 32 59N 125 37W
Course/Speed: SSW 7+
Wind: NNW 16 – 20
Sea: NNW 6 – 8
Sky: Overcast, squally, part sun
Bar: 1021...
October 6, 2018
Now that all the historically problematic NC inlet crossings have been surveyed by the USACE post Florence, the ICW run south is starting to look passable for most boats. (NOTE...
By far the most interesting piece of news I picked up while wandering the show in Annapolis the last two days came from this man, Foxy Callwood, renowned owner of Foxy’s Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.
October 5, 2018
Day 1
Noon Position: 35 33N 124 06W
Course/Speed: SSW 7
Wind: NNW 17-19
Sea: NNW 6
Sky: Mostly clear. Some thin cumulus
Bar: 1022 and falling
Cabin Degrees Fahrenheit...
We all know that to compete at the very top level of sailing you need money, and lots of it. Well, let’s just say that this new and very exciting sailing event announced this week at a glitzy launch in London there is no lack of money.
Welcome to our Topper Coaching series.
This year we are delighted to announce Hugh Perrette as our Head Coach. We have an exciting programme lined up between now and Christmas. Sailors can choose one of two Options for Sunday Coaching
Option 1...
The Dun Laoghaire Youth Laser training program will be run as a collaboration between RSGYC and NYC.
October 4, 2018
Departed Drakes Bay at 0900
Day 0 (Noon tomorrow will close my first full day at sea and will be recorded as “Day 1.”)
Noon Position: 37 48N 122 46W
Course/Speed...
ClearCruise AR targets on the Hillsborough River. The icons across the bottom of this image allow turning on and off target types. Note the MOB mark 106 feet off our port bow.
This truly was touch and go. I’d had the boat hauled in early September to attend to a fairly discrete list of chores: 1) put on fresh bottom paint; 2) have some nice handrails sent by my friends at...
With these latest surveys by the USACE, Wilmington District all of the previously known ICW inlet crossings shoal areas in North Carolina have now been surveyed post Florence. While there are some changes in several of the inlet crossings, they are all passable if you follow the ATONs.
OCTOBER 3, 2018 The US Army Corps of Engineers has just released a survey of the Carolina Beach Inlet crossing and Lockwoods Folly Inlet crossing. In both places the channels have narrowed and shoaled slightly .
I watched a terrific movie last night. It was the kind of movie that would have changed the trajectory of my life had my life not already been on a similar trajectory. The movie...