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Life is too short to sit at the dock! The Jeanneau 64 – A Champagne Toast to Trois Vignes. Coming down the dock and seeing. For the first time, a brand new Jeanneau 64. I found myself smiling and muttering the words, “we shall sell no wine before its time.” Elegantly dressed all in black with brilliant-white spars, white cabin top and honey-colored teak decks,. Which is French for. Looked stunning and ready for a glamorous evening out on the town. For John and Kris Palmer, the owners of. Anchored in the ...
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Voyages of Sinbad: April 2013
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Friday, April 26, 2013. Adventures in Dominica - Part II. Titus arranged for us to take the tour up the Indian River, touted by all the boatmen as a “must-do” trip in Dominica. He dropped us off at the mouth of the river, and we were handed off to Devon , whom we had met on an earlier walk. When we met Marian, the American lady who volunteered at the school, and McGiver, her rasta boyfriend with the orange boat. Devon on the Indian River.
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Voyages of Sinbad: October 2012
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Ever since we got our new Zodiac dinghy through our friend Matt Bolt at the 2011 Annapolis Boat Show, we’ve noticed wear and tear from the weather and from the non-skid grit on the foredeck where it rides on sea passages. So I decided to make “Dinghy Chaps”, a fitted canvas cover, to protect them. Rather than bouncing around in the water. The cost of the materials was about $200, the cost of the used Sailmakers mac...
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Voyages of Sinbad: November 2011
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Monday, November 28, 2011. Catch up on the blog. Between working on the boat (getting it ready for and recovering from the crossing), playing, having trouble with the Internet, playing, having trouble with new computer with windows 7 (junk.I'm buying a mac) and playing. Did I mentioned playing? Brian and Andy heading for the Bahamas. Land Ho.BVI on the left and USVI on the right! Coming into Jost Van Dyke. Yup, the inside too! Our life right n...
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Voyages of Sinbad: June 2012
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Saturday, June 30, 2012. Bonaire Ta Dushi (May- June, 2012). After four days and nights at sea, we arrived in Bonaire and went through the usual post-landfall activities of cleaning the boat up, cleaning ourselves up, and clearing through customs and immigration. The old Dutch-style buildings feature typical curvaceous facades and clay tile roofs, but are painted with splashy Caribbean colors applied in imaginative combinations. It hardly e...
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Voyages of Sinbad: March 2013
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Tuesday, March 5, 2013. This and That From Antigua. Looking East into Jolly Harbor. It’s been about a week since Diane left Sinbad at anchor just outside of Jolly Harbor, Antigua. In her absence a decision was made by the skipper and crew (Randy) to add to the blog before she gets back ( in about a week). So let’s take this Blog back to St. Martin. So you save 15 percent on top of the 15 percent you thought you were saving! We headed into the ...
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Voyages of Sinbad: August 2011
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Jefferson Beach to the Erie Canal. It’s been a while since we last posted and a lot has happened. One of the surprising things is the lack of internet access. We are at the public library in Lockport NY posting this. We have been posting on Facebook right along. It’s easy; take a picture with your phone and put a message with it and post. Quick and easy but not as nice as. Heading into Lake Erie.no wind. The next da...
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Voyages of Sinbad: May 2013
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Monday, May 13, 2013. Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2013. To all cruisers, the 4. Annual Coconut Telegraph Meet and Greet will be held. Tonight at 4pm at the Mad Mongoose. This is English Harbour Radio, signing off”. And so it begins! It’s like a gathering of the clans. 8217;s mooring in Falmouth Harbour, we can see the boats; classics, cruisers and mega-yachts; entering the harbor one by one in anticipation of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.
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Voyages of Sinbad: December 2012
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Monday, December 24, 2012. At Work in St. Thomas. Back in the USVI,. We got down to work on the projects that didn’t get done during the summer. Shortly after Thanksgiving the refrigerator quit working while on a little getaway in St. John, so we promptly headed back to initiate the repair process. Randy did preliminary diagnostics. The lifespan of the module ranges from 1-8 years in the tropics; our lasted 2 and 1/2 years. While the refer was...
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Voyages of Sinbad: January 2013
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Our Goal " Buy a seaworthy boat, fix it up and see the world! Thursday, January 10, 2013. North Sound, Virgin Gorda 2013. North Sound, Virgin Gorda 2013. One night became two nights, lots of wind (20 knots plus). It was looking like it was going to be blowing a stink for a while so we decided to head to the dock to get some maintenance done on Sinbad. That way if the wind ever laid down we would be ready for Saint Martin. Sinbad at the dock. Cap'n Di became Painter Di! Beans holding a pic of Cap'n Di and...
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