Christy and Perry Saving the World

Sunny, hot, nice wind. I think this is what gets sailors into trouble – you see the same thing every day, expect the same thing every day, then one day it is not the same thing and you get a rude awakening. We’re up pretty early as we want to do a walk around the…

Another great day, no rain at Paradise Beach. I can’t fix the broken clutch part so I go into Carricou Marine and order it – it will be here tomorrow morning, which is good as we plan to leave tomorrow. We can motor and sail with the genoa only to Union where we plan to…

Quite windy in Tyrell Bay (it always seems to be) and rains off and on through the night. Today is an investigation, repair, restock day. Turns out virtually NONE of the rope clutches actually hold the rope they’re supposed to. You can pull the rope through either way with the clutch down. The clutch for…

Another great weather day. What else? Can you reasonably complain when the weather is too good? We’re up and organized early as Customs and Immigration opens early and we want to be first in line. We’ve heard lots of stories about hours lost in these processes so we want to get there early before the…

OK, this is it. We’re finally leaving our safe and sound mooring in Woburn Bay and sailing to Tyrell Bay on Carriacou. Do we feel ready? Not hardly. Are we worried about anything? Not really. We’re comfortable we can make it. Perhaps the night before should have been a harbinger. I’m awakened three times. Once…

Here is one of the things we found we had to change. US$1500 in chain. Sigh. The bottom of the chain locker was full to a depth of almost two feet of rust. Christy and I took turns climbing down in there and scooping out the rust. I was a little concerned that once I…