Month: May 2014

Yesterday, excitement began early in the am.  I thought we were going to have a very busy day readying Pearl for finally pulling away from the dock, hoisting her sails and launching our adventure.  All mechanical equipment is working well, spares h Continue reading ...!

Okay!?! Lisa and I are ready to try heading to the Bahamas again. Unfortunately, I’ve been out of commission for the last two weeks with serious Sciatica. The seems to be clearing up, and there’s a nice weather window for crossing the Gul Continue reading ...!

Having finally got the boat together, on May 02, Lisa and I decided to take Pearl down to Boca Grande, a local island about 15 mi to the west of Key West. The weather was perfect, sunny, and 85 with the wind from the SE/SSE at 17 – 22 kts which Continue reading ...!