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Summary of our Fifth Sailing
Season onboard our second boat, Dreaming On, a Leopard Catamaran
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After our prolonged, frustrating, but nevertheless
enjoyable stay in Fort Lauderdale during 2009, we finally set off in January
2010 to the British Virgin Islands where a new hardtop bimini for our
cockpit awaits us. The first part of our
sailing season takes us on a 1,300 nautical mile journey across the
Gulfstream, through the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands. the north
coast of the Dominican Republic, the south coasts of Puerto Rico and
Vieques, over to Culebra, then on to St. Thomas and St. John in the US
Virgin Islands and to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
We re-visited some previous favourite anchorages, found
many, many new ones and made new friends along the way. Add to that a little
excitement and adrenalin boost when we rescued two Dominican Republic
fishermen miles offshore. Now with our
hardtop bimini installed we will cruise the British, US and Spanish Virgin
Islands and possibly the east coast of Puerto Rico for a while. |
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May & June 2010 |
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Our troubles are not
yet over. All the way down from Florida, we experienced engine mounting
bolts working loose. We thought this would be a fairly simple fix on
arrival. However, we were concerned enough to have a professional surveyor
make a report. It seems the installers of the new engines in Fort
Lauderdale made a "Pig's Ear" of the mountings and have left a real mess.
The engine beds now need a complete rebuild, which may require the engines
to be removed!!! Looks like we will be here for a while. |
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May & June in the Virgin Islands |
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April 2010 |
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Not all is well with
the engines, we drop the propeller (luckily we dive and find it), Adam's
visit and the St Thomas carnival., |
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April in the Virgin Islands |
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March 2010 |
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Now with the new
hardtop bimini installed, we can go cruising and enjoy visitors dropping in
to share our cruising fun. |
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March in the Virgin Islands |
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February 2010 |
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Passing through St. Thomas and St. John in the US Virgin
Islands on our way to BVI. Arrival in the
British Virgin Islands and installation of a long-awaited bimini hardtop on
Dreaming On |
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Arrival in the Virgin Islands |
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January to February 2010 |
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Heading east along
the south coast of Puerto Rico and on to the Spanish Virgin Islands. |
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Puerto Rico |
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January 2010 |
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Our journey southeast allows us a brief
and enjoyable look at the DR and chance to meet new friends |
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Dominican
Republic |
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January 2010 |
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Our journey southeast continues through the Turks & Caicos Islands and on to the
DR with a little drama enroute |
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Turks and Caicos
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January 2010 |
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We
finally leave Fort Lauderdale and
journey through the Bahamas on our way to the BVI. |
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Transiting the Bahamas
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