Tag Archives: Ambassador

After yesterday’s email, we continued along at much the same pace until 4:30am (when else?) when the jib halyard chafed through.  It really just supports the furler, so it seems a very odd thing. But the result was that the … Continue reading →

We’re sailing! We departed about 2:30pm yesterday, and the sea trial went well, with everything working as it was supposed to, so we kept going. A little after 3pm we had the sails up, the motor off, and were in … Continue reading →

I think we are ready ! We’ve been working all morning on much of the last minute stuff, and although the masthead work didn’t go as smoothly as I would have liked, we made it work, and hope it will … Continue reading →

Steve and Marianne have arrived!  Now I have friends aboard to share the trials and triumphs of preparing the boat for (hopefully) tomorrow’s departure. I picked them up at the airport at noon, then took them grocery shopping. They were … Continue reading →

Its amazing how all those little  things that need to be done take every minute of a very long day. Besides installing some new gear, and relocating some old gear, and running all the wires everywhere to try and hide … Continue reading →

Well, there’s progress. I got the boat today form the maintenance marina, and am now parked on the main Moorings dock, watching all the charterers come and go. The weather has been sunny and hot, and I am currently munching … Continue reading →

I survived another airborne night, and have finally arrived in Tortola. After checking in at San Francisco, my concern all along was about my 3 overweight bags making it through Atlanta and San Juan on Delta, and to Tortola on … Continue reading →

If its Wednesday, this must be summer in California. Yesterday was winter in Argentina, and tomorrow will be tropical in the Caribbean. And then, finally, no airplanes for a long time!  Just wind and water and aaaahhhh…. Speaking of wind … Continue reading →

Today is Tuesday, so this evening I depart Buenos Aires bound for San Francisco. It’s a quick turn-around, just to pick up some sailing gear and equipment and take care of a little business, and then I’ll be off to … Continue reading →

Happy Monday! This is the 2nd post of my latest adventure, sailing from Tortola in the BVI’s down to Buenos Aires, Argentina. To make it easy to keep track of things, I’ll simply number each email/post. Since I’ve still got … Continue reading →