If any of you read my Facebook post from earlier this week (you can friend me with the button to the right) you will know I was down in Austin,…
Well everyone it is Thursday and I am heading to Miami at 600 knots, so I must be on an airplane or setting a new sailing record. TJ and Patrick…
Hello everyone this is Shane again and this week I had to use my National Park Service assigned spot for the first time. Tropical Storm Isaac passed within a hundred…
If you need to get around St Thomas you can always get a taxi, but I prefer the local bus. As a non local you will be approached by taxi…
The Relay For Life is a fund raising event for the American Cancer Society, which is held in communities all over the country. The idea is to have teams raise…
This week I flew to Denver to help run the Relay For Life, which I will tell you about next week. What I want to tell you about this week…
In the middle of the south side of St John you will find Reef Bay, where two mooring balls have been placed for boaters. The balls are considered day use…
when a beautiful woman knocks on my hull, but this story is the exception. You see on Thursday morning at 1am the wind picked up and it started raining hard. …
Everyone has to do it at some point and today is one of my days. Laundry on a boat is a bit different than on shore. Mostly because of the…
…some when they arrive…Like Chase who was aboard two years ago for a little over a month before he got a paid gig as a mate on another boat. Getting…
Ronnie & Monica’s daughter came into town and we took her to St John for several days. The beach at Cinnamon Bay was a hit as was Waterlemon Cay. Waterlemon…
I have been doing some buddy boating with Ronnie & Monica aboard Eos, who were dock mates of mine back in Kemah, TX. They arrived last week from Puerto Rico…
During my time in The Bahamas I had the honor of flying a flag which flew over the Maryland State Capital and was presented to a past crewmate as a…
If I did not already know it then the island of St John let me know this week. You see Sunday I had a day charter with some returning guest…
Everything takes longer in the Caribbean. I ordered a terminal for one of my lifelines three weeks ago. At the end of two weeks I called and then a few…
Lately people have been asking me if I have air conditioning aboard my vessel (mostly from the brokers trying to sell the charters to future guest, but also individuals looking…
The Annaberg Sugar Mill is the most famous site on the entire island of St John. It was a state of the art sugar production factory built at the very…
This blog is to help inform all those newly licensed or wanting to be licensed captains out there. For Americans the US Coast Guard is the issuing and policing agency…
It is great when things come together. My friend Jasmeet was about to jump on a cruise with his wife and another couple. Just days before they boarded he started…
Hassel Island is owned by the NPS and use to be attached to St Thomas and forms the western side of the main harbor. As you can see in thefirst…
I met with the ladies at Flagship Charter Service, which is a charter clearing house where they can get me represented with several brokers. They liked the boat, but said…
I spent the last week hanging out with the boat Sabbaticus (whom I met in Annapolis, MD) and the other boats moving with them. We had such a great time…
On Sunday I met a couple renting a condo on St Thomas for two weeks and wanted to have a day snorkeling sites they could not reach from the shore. …
Joel and I have been overwhelmed with the amount of wildlife here in the Virgin Islands. When we were in St John we walked from Francis Bay to the Annaberg…
When Joel talked about coming out my original plan was tospend a week or so exploring the Turks Island group with him and then making a passage to the Virgin…
This week started off by having a visit from Santa. Later Mike and Kay from Finisterre joined Joel and I for Christmas dinner. Growing up, one of Joel’s favorite meals…
This week I hung out in Sapodilla Bay (see 1st photo) while the winds blew out of the east at 20-25. I had a relaxing time while I climbed Sapodilla…
I left Rum Cay on Sunday at 8pm with the idea to sail a close reach in 10-15 knot ENE wind to Samana Cay and arrive at 10am-noon and have…
Because she might worry about Monday when I left Abacos and headed south. The forecast called for 15-20 knots of wind, so I got up, put a reef in the…