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Ahoy!
I’m writing this aboard the good ketch Silver Heels, presently under sail at 22° 52’ N x 063° 17’ W, or about
290 nautical miles north of St. Martin, Leeward Islands. This email is simply to let you know what we have
arrived alive and in tact. Figured I’d get it written now so it’ll go out the moment I find a friendly wifi
signal in port.Like a horse smelling the barn, Silver Heels is now reaching happily at 5 to 7 knots across a fair easterly
breeze and a long, gentle swell, perhaps the beginning of the true trade winds. We’re on the home stretch of
what has been, until a couple of days ago, a regrettably rough passage from Beaufort, NC. I’ll describe some
of that in the boat’s online Logblog (http://www.silverheels.us/logblog.htm) when I get around to it, but not now and
not when I first arrive in St. Martin. Then my lovely all-girl crew and I will be busy for a few days cleaning
up, partying and just getting our land legs back after 11½ days and about 1,400 nautical miles of rocking and
reeling. (Our typical day’s run has been around 125 to 135 n. mi., about what you’d expect from a buxom old
ketch like Silver Heels, but 2 days of strong headwinds & steep seas and one night hove-to reduced our overall
average to a slightly less credible number.)Anyway, all’s well that ends well and this little passage seems to be headed for a happy ending.
More later,
Tor
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Absolutely terrific! Good on yer, mate! I'm in Georgia now through a series of miscues – but have great hopes for the New Year!
All the best, my friend. Fair winds and rising tides,
Bob
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Bob Fine
s/v Pelican
Pearson 424 Hull #8
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Ahoy!
I’m writing this aboard the good ketch Silver Heels, presently under sail at 22° 52’ N x 063° 17’ W, or about
290 nautical miles north of St. Martin, Leeward Islands. This email is simply to let you know that we have
arrived alive and in tact. Figured I’d get it written now so it’ll go out the moment I find a friendly wifi
signal in port.Like a horse smelling the barn, Silver Heels is now reaching happily at 5 to 7 knots across a fair easterly
breeze and a long, gentle swell, perhaps the beginning of the true trade winds. We’re on the home stretch of
what has been, until a couple of days ago, a regrettably rough passage from Beaufort, NC. I’ll describe some
of that in the boat’s online Logblog (http://www.silverheels.us/logblog.htm) when I get around to it, but not now and
not when I first arrive in St. Martin. Then my lovely all-girl crew and I will be busy for a few days cleaning
up, partying and just getting our land legs back after 11½ days and about 1,400 nautical miles of rocking and
reeling. (Our typical day’s run has been around 125 to 135 n. mi., about what you’d expect from a buxom old
ketch like Silver Heels, but 2 days of strong headwinds & steep seas and one night hove-to reduced our overall
average to a slightly less credible number.)Anyway, all’s well that ends well and this little passage seems to be headed for a happy ending.
More later,
Tor
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PS: That “at-sea” note was written December 15th or so.
Tor
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Congrats on the passage Tor. I look forward to your post, Yesterday pulled my injectors and filled the holes in the hull from my old B&G deepth and speed thruhulls. Im currently about 1.5 yrs into my voyage prep list, Be in your wake in 2- 3 years.
Eric
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