Recalling we only have 1/2 a windscreen as we sailed off of the ship, thinking- how bad can that be?…if the winds were 10-12 knots that would have been just fine.  However they were blowing about 25-35 knots with seas of 4-6 feet.  So about every 15 minutes, it felt like someone was dousing you with a 1/2 bucket of […]

 Week of March 7th,  We are to meet Salted Rim in St. Thomas on 3/11 at 6:30am.  Lisa is still positively “positive” with COVID with an unwavering dry cough (remnants of COVID) SO here’s the deal:  No Negative Test =No Entry into the BVIs.  I had COVID three weeks prior but still tested positive 4 days in a row.  Finally […]

So in advance of the ship arriving in St. Thomas, Kirk had to sail the Salted Rim from Sarasota to Ft. Lauderdale where she would be floated on to the ship for safe passage to St. Thomas.  I was not 100% recovered from COVID and doing a 3 day sail straight through was not appealing at that time (or dare […]

Kirk and I did a reconnaissance mission in October 2021 to the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in search of a marina.  We nailed down, much to our surprise, one of our favorite marinas called Nanny Cay in Tortola (BVI).  Next mission, get Salted Rim there in January, as we secured the slip even though the marina […]

Peace+Love+Knots! Come journey with us as we explore the Caribbean seas. Captain Kirk and Lisa, First Mate (and blogger)