Thank you, Neptune! Our pledge to him while crossing the equator must have worked. It was a fast, 15 and a half day dream passage! We mostly had 15 knots of wind on a broad reach. Most of the time…
Category: Passage Making
“On a boat, going to the southern islands . . .”
Setting out today! Two of Boston’s finest sailors – Dave Kohn and Mike O’Brien – are joining us for our longest passage of our voyage, Pacific passage of 3000 nm from the Galapagos to the Marquesas. We set out with…
Panama to Galapogos Passage
Panama to San Cristobal, Galapagos, 840 nm, 5 days, 6 humans By Guest Bloggers – Beth Bushey and Elouise Reiff Beth is Renee’s sister, who enjoyed some occasional day sailing and decided to take the leap to the blue waters…
Caribbean Holiday – St. Lucia to Bonaire
We had 9 souls aboard Verbena for the holidays! The Kohn family (Stephanie, Dave, Caleb (12) and Elio(10)) and Vera’s friend Ruby Flaherty joined from Boston for the winter break. We started with a win in Rodney Bay! At the…
Atlantic 2019 – Chained to the wheel
16 days and 3045 nautical miles after setting off with the ARC Rally from Las Palmas we crossed the finish line at St. Lucia. All of us were relieved to have completed this difficult passage. We were anticipating a long…
Off to the Carib
We are off today for the St. Lucia. It is a festive scene here with music, goodbye’s and good drama watching boats all get off the dock at the same time. The departing forecast calls for us to take a…
Atlantic Prep
Before we knew it, the Atlantic Crossing – 3,000 nm over 2 to 3 weeks – is upon us. Since arriving in the Canaries we toured Lanzarote and Fuerteventura by land and sea and then headed off to Las Palmas…
Cascais, Portugal to Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Guest post written by – Scott Dinhofer Scott….Scott….. SCOTT!!! I was having a dream and one of the characters turned to me and started calling my name sharply. Turns out that on the boat outside of my dream, Renee was…
Bay of Biscay – an overnight to remember.
Before this journey to Australia, my overnighting experience had been very slim but that would all change overnight. What I have done so far in my life before the Bay of Biscay was participate in the sail from Boston to…