Saturday, June 6, 2009

Victoria got a call from Spencer!

(Victoria posting ...) To my surprise, I got a phone call from Spencer this morning around 8:45AM.  It's unbelievable that a boat in the middle of the ocean can make phone calls at the mere cost of $1.50 per minute!  We had a nice 10 minute chat.  

He was calling to say that the Irishman email is down for some reason ... They are working on it, but not certain how quickly it will be fixed.  Dave McDermott had just emailed me to say that the emails were bouncing, and I was just starting to look into it when Spencer called.  He must have been reading our minds.

He asked me to post their coordinates, which are:
29 degrees, 58 minutes North
55 degrees, 57 minutes West

They are motor sailing along at 10 knots, and are making about 240 miles per day.  He said that the seas were fairly rough the first few days, but are now just as flat as a lake.  He said it's beautiful, as they are just surrounded by serene and sunny waters.  I wonder if that's how Christopher Columbus must have felt on his Journey?  I suppose the earth might appear flat from that perspective.

He caught a cold from Harold, but is on the upswing.  He had taken along some old videos, and has been spending time importing them onto his new computer into iMovie.  So he actually has me and Apache along for the ride (and Jimmy Cat too!).  It'll be fun to see those videos when he gets home.

He said he'll try to call again, to keep us all posted. Lots of love to all.


Tuesday, June 2, 2009

A Few More Photos



Here's a few more pictures before we get out of regular internet range.
This is the full crew on the trip....  (but not the little girl in pink)
Left to right:     Stefano (chef),  Richard  (I know him from living in St. Thomas years ago),  Kirsty (full time first mate),  Dean  (Newport area and very experienced sailor),  Spencer,  Captain Harold.


Me at the top of the Mast......about 115 feet up....fixing some lines and lights.


Harold on the Stern


Our fearless leader....Captain Harold Moyer!!

Finally leaving St. Martin.....

I flew from St. Thomas to St. Martin last Thursday (5/28).   We were supposed to leave on Saturday but we had some mechanical issues that are now fixed.  The weather looks pretty good and we are heading towards the Azores which is about 2500 miles.    

Saturday, May 16, 2009

swimming lessons at magns bay

I'm down here at beautiful Magens Bay for swimming lessons. Yes I said swimming lessons. It's sponsored my the red cross and it's a 5 week course that meets every saurday morning. Now I do know how to swim..... But I'm not an effeciant swimmer. I'm really good with a beer or bushwacker in my hand but anything farther than about 30 yards and I'm dead. So hopefully this will help me. I would love to be able to do a triathlon sometime. I'll update my thoughts on this later.


Thursday, April 9, 2009

hello from Buck Island

A beautiful day out on Happy Hour with the villa guests. We're heading over to Turtle Cove and then over to Water Island for lunch at Heidi's Honeymoon Grill. If anyone has seen The Curious Case of Bemjamin Button, one of the scenes was filmed there.

Mobile Blogging from here.

hello from Buck Island

A beautiful day out on Happy Hour with the villa guests. We're heading over to Turtle Cove and then over to Water Island for lunch at Heidi's Honeymoon Grill. If anyone has seen The Curious Case of Bemjamin Button, one of the scenes was filmed there.

Mobile Blogging from here.