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After light winds and calm seas on Sunday and Monday, a line of squalls came through around sunset on Monday, bringing with them rain, 20-25 it winds and a confused, lumpy sea state. Before the squalls arrived we reefed the Genoa and main and then later in the evening furled away the Genoa and switched…
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After some modifications to the type and placement of AC circuit breakers in Nakee’s electrical system, the Victron inverter / charger is no longer tripping the RCD, so the Genset’s 230v AC output is again available to the boat’s systems – thanks to Jarred from Cay Electronics at Nanny Cay Marina. Even better, he used…
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I know it has been a while since my last blog post, sorry for that. I’ve been busy with a series of guests visiting me for some sailing in the BVI. First up were three friends from the HSBC sailing club in England who flew out for 10 days. We managed to complete a circumnavigation…
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Last Friday night three friends from the HSBC sailing Club flew into Tortola from England for 10 days of sailing fun in the BVI with me aboard Nakee. We spent the first night on anchor in Trellis Bay near the airport, took a taxi to Road Town to get provisions on Saturday morning and that…
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Over the last week or so, I’ve been working my way East along the north side of Tortola. After having cleared in and an overnight on Jost Van Dyke Island, I sailed over to spend the next night at Cane Garden Bay on Tortola. All of the good anchoring spots there (sandy bottom) were taken…
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Had a cracking upwind sail North East from Christmas Cove on Great St James Island in the US VI up to Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke Island, British Virgin Island. Harbour is filled with many mooring balls, all occupied by mostly “condomarans”, most of which are charter boats. There are boats constantly coming and…
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Today I said goodbye to Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas and motored East into the wind about 8 miles, over to Christmas Cove on Great St James Island. It is much quieter here without the street traffic of Charlotte Amalie, but inter island ferries pass close by creating strong waves that set monohulls rolling and my…
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It is nice to be back in Culebra from Western Puerto Rico, after recovering from the close call I had with fire at sea. The new Balmar XT-170 amp alternator and the new Balmar MC-618 regulator that Schaefer & Brown Marine Electricians installed for me in Puerto Real are working well so far (knock on…
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I hope all my friends and followers of sailingnakee.com have a great and happy 2025! Although im alone aboard Nakee for New Year’s Eve, I’m resting in a hammock on the aft deck, listening to the distant thrum of generators on land (apparently there are widespread power outages here in Puerto Rico affecting millions of…
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Well, I’ve just had 24 hours of challenges at sea that I feel completed to document as I’ve been extremely lucky and learned some valuable lessons. Yesterday, after having enjoyed Christmas with my very good friends at their parent’s house near Crash Boat Beach in North Western Puerto Rico, I set out to single-hand Nakee…
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!