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…
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…
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…
I’ve been slow to post any thoughts on our crossing to Bermuda, mainly because our cruising mates, Mark & Michelle Cole have already posted some great pictures on their blog, www.svreach.com and our friends and buddy boaters, Clayton and Deanna on the Nordhavn 50, Tivoli posted beautifully written daily updates of the trip which were…
We’ll be leaving the dock within a couple of hours, headed for Bermuda. The trip is approximately 950 miles and should take us just over 6 days. There are no seaside hotels, or even seedy motels along the way and with water depths over 1,000 feet for most of the way, there are no places…
To be honest, on our last boat (a 40 foot Manta sailing catamaran called Double Wide) I never did a shakedown sail before any of our extended cruises. We just fixed what we knew was broken (if we thought it was important), loaded the boat with groceries, and set out for new adventures. But ROAM,…
Last week, Michelle and I flew back to Texas for my retirement party. I have been so lucky over the years. I’ve been able to work with some interesting and brilliant people. Our clients have appreciated and valued the work we do for them. I must admit that I actually enjoyed going to the office on…
Our good friends Clayton and Deanna, owners of the Nordhavn 50 TIVOLI, left Fort Pierce recently headed south to Marathon on an overnight cruise to test their systems in preparation for our upcoming cruise to Bermuda and then on to Nova Scotia and points north. The weather was right to get some drone footage of…
