46 days after Queen’s Dream left the port of La Rochelle, France she completed her transatlantic journey to Ft. Lauderdale. Her logs showed the maiden passage traversed 5,676 nautical miles. 8 days into her journey she made a planned, 3-day stop at the Portuguese archipelago island of Maderia where her engines were serviced, fuel toppedContinue reading “Mission Accomplished”
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Chewbacca Yells
What’s that loud roaring noise? …… Following a short stop in St. John’s for customs clearance and loading fuel, Queen’s Dream continued her steady journey towards her Ft. Lauderdale destination. The navigated path took her north of St. Thomas as she exited the Virgin Islands. She followed a planned route that took her across theContinue reading “Chewbacca Yells”
Familiar Waters
Queen’s Dream glided quietly into Rendezvous Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands. The bright, moonlit bay welcomed her to a well-deserved rest a few hours before sunrise – The clink, clink, clink of the anchor dropping into the shallow, clear waters, and a sandy bottom. Her sails furled and stowed, her engines shut down, herContinue reading “Familiar Waters”
Sneak Peek
Queen’s Dream began her maiden voyage 36 days ago as her lines were pulled from the dock in her birthplace – La Rochelle, France. She headed into the North Atlantic Ocean with full confidence in her builders and crew. Her inaugural mission was to transit the daunting Atlantic and arrive in Ft. Lauderdale where herContinue reading “Sneak Peek”
Time Travelers
Our modern lives are ruled by time. Our lives evolve around clocks, calendars, and the appointments of life. We move forward through the continued sequence of existence and events that occur in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. What if that is removed? What if time is onlyContinue reading “Time Travelers”
Water, water everywhere
“Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink”. This ironic quote is from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and is used to suggest that despite being surrounded by something, you cannot benefit from it. Historically, an adequate supply of drinking water was a constant challenge for marine vesselsContinue reading “Water, water everywhere”
Here be Dragons
“’Here there be Dragons” was a phrase written on old maps to indicate unchartered waters. Ancient cartographers didn’t really know what was out there before the great explorers had touched all the four corners of the globe. What was beyond the explored region was a question mark. Sailors spawned the tales of mythical monsters that existedContinue reading “Here be Dragons”
Tropic of Cancer
The “tropics” are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at 23°26′10.7″ N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at 23°26′10.7″ S. The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most northerly circleContinue reading “Tropic of Cancer”
Half is not Halfway
halfway adverb – at or to a point midway between two others. From an early age we were engrained with the concept of “halfway”. If grandma’s house was 20 miles away, we knew we were halfway there at 10 miles. It’s a simple concept – measure the distance between two points and divide it by 2. HalfContinue reading “Half is not Halfway”
Wind Searching
Nautical history is ripe with stories of sailing vessels that were “becalmed” at sea. Images from books, movies and TV shows show the familiar scenes of depressed crew sitting dead still at sea waiting for wind. Sailing vessels of all types fell victim to being at sea with no wind movement at all for countlessContinue reading “Wind Searching”
Sailing Adventures with Queen's Dream 