When we set out to sail around the world via Cape Horn, we had little knowledge of what we were getting ourselves into aboard our J/46 Sweet Ruca, even though Kate and I were experienced racing sailors from the Midwest USA. We both grew up sailing...
Our trip around the bottom of South America and through Patagonia was from East to West (Atlantic to Pacific). Due to the end of the Pandemic era and associated complexities, we skipped some popular stops in Argentina, so those places will be omitted from our...
We learned a lot while cruising in the fjords of Chilean Patagonia, the Beagle Channel, and sailing around Cape Horn. Of course you can watch the sailing videos here to see what life on board at the end of the world is like, but among...
Landfall in Brazil We were not planning on coming to Brazil. Our goal was to get south and make landfall in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, but the man upstairs had other plans for us. We had a problem with data spikes in our wind data, which of...
Current Position: 12 2.581 N 61 45.413 W Miles Sailed: 392.1 Average Speed: 7.5 knots Min/Max Wind Speed: 4-38 knots (5-44 mph) We made it safely from USVI to Grenada, despite catching the front end of what was to become TS Isaias (Invest92 or Depression 9 or whatever they...
As I write this, we are in the middle of a 7-day 24-hour "curfew" here in the BVI. Curfew here is virtually mandatory lockdown of all except police, fire, utility workers. Citizens are not allowed to leave their homes. Grocery stores and banks are closed,...
Hello everyone! I plan on writing a little travelogue about our experiences, focusing mostly on the people we meet along the way. These logs will be in no particular order, but I hope you enjoy these short stories on the best part, IMO, of the...
Preface. What's it like to be a true Mainer? I still don't know. But I will tell you that it's all about the lobsta! We noticed pots after we sailed through the Cape Cod Canal, but it's a whole new world when you get to Maine....
