Our destination from Bermuda was Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a quaint little tourist town with a dark past. Founded in the 1750’s, Lunenburg was a perfect, well protected harbor for Cod Fishermen. Over the centuries, hardy fishermen ventured out in to the grey Atlantic in small boats. Fishing was crude and inefficient in the early days….
I won’t bore you with log entries for the 4 1/2 day trip from St. Georges, Bermuda to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, other than to say that the distance was 725 miles, we made the trip in relatively benign weather and like all good extended passages, it was MOSTLY boring (that’s a good thing). Occasionally, we’ll…
We arrived in Bermuda on May 25th. I fell in love on May 26th and the love affair continues. With no AC racing going on this week, we’ve been spending quite a bit of time ashore. Everywhere you look are lush gardens full of beautiful flowers and plants. Here’s a quick view of some of…
Looking back through my recent posts, it looks like there isn’t anything going on, but the America’s Cup Races. We’re spending a lot of time watching the races and Armchair Quarterbacking the performances, but we still have plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the beauty of Bermuda. We’ve witnessed some spectacular sunsets and…
We’ve been having a blast watching the Louis Vuitton qualifying races here in wonderful Bermuda. We watched the opening day races from the America’s Cup Village, which was quite an experience, but expensive, hot, and a challenge to get to. Since then, we’ve been part of the “Spectator Fleet” aboard ROAM. Since the races start at…
With winds at 20-25 knots and rain, the America’s Cup Semi-Final races were held today in the Great Sound on Bermuda. It was both exciting and horrifying as the weather took its toll on the boats. Not a single boat made it off the race course without damage and Team New Zealand pitch-polled at the…
The overwhelming story here in Bermuda is the America’s Cup, but this island has much more to offer than foiling catamaran races. Yesterday a fleet of Tall Ships sailed in to Hamilton Harbor as part of the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ship Regatta. Over 20 Tall Ships from around the world will be visiting Bermuda and 5…
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Being here to watch the America’s Cup qualifying races in person is everything that I dreamed that it would be. I can’t believe we’re actually here!!! I took over 750 pictures yesterday with my new Nikon camera and 500mm lens. Most of the pictures really sucked, but here a few that I think are OK….
I can’t believe it’s finally here. We’ve been planning this trip for so long, it felt like it would never get here and yesterday we watched Day 1 of the Louis Vuitton qualifying races. We watched the races from the America’s Cup Village rather than aboard Roam – a good call because we were fully…
