FAR HARBOUR 39NEWS - CONTAINER YACHTSFAR HARBOUR 39NEWS Spring 2007 Total Cruise Distance 504 NM...
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On InBox’s first Caribbean cruise, we did an eight-day cruise,then flew home to handle business matters and returned for asecond ten-day cruise.
InBox performed beyond our expectations in strongCaribbean tradewinds on our open-ocean, inter-island passages. This was one of the early cruises for this new boat,yet we had no mechanical or electrical problems, and noproblems with sails or rig. In fact, the biggest stress wasuntangling a water hose from the mooring lines of an off-shore watering buoy!
Highlights of the 2007 cruising adventures and performance of InBox
NEWSFA R H A R B O U R 3 9
Spring 2007
Total Cruise Distance
504 NM (Trinidad to Sint Maarten)
Crew Bette and Bernie Blum
Fuel (gal) 57
NM/gal 9
Gal/Eng Hr. .6
Time
Trinidad to St. Lucia – 8 daysUSA to take care of business – 7 daysSt. Lucia to Sint Maarten – 10 days
Toughest Sail
25 miles to windward between St. Vincent and St. Lucia; winds of 20/24 knots, seas 6/10 feet, and 1.5-knot current against the sea.
Best Sail
St. Kitts to St. Barts, reaching with the big red Code Zero. In the puffs, the boat did not round up: it just poweredup with more speed and sliced throughthe waves on this open-ocean leg. This passage was pure fun!
Second Best Sail
10 NM reach from St. Lucia to Terre-de-Haute (Les Saintes). Average 6.5 kn.through the water and 7.8 over the bottom.
Longest Passage
107 NM from Les Saintes to St. Kitts,passing Montserrat’s smoking volcano to windward, as seen above.
Biggest Stress
Untangling the water hose from the offshore watering buoy mooring lines in Terre-de-Haute harbor; needed to bedone from the dinghy.
Most Fun at Anchor
Katabatic gusts going 0-30 in 4 secondswhile anchored in Bequia.
Problems Mechanical None
Problems Electrical None
Problems Sail and Rig None
Best Anchor Drag Story None
Work Done Enroute
Installed a 220/120 50/60 cycle chargerwith adapter plugs to handle Caribbeanand European power while keeping US capability.
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Boat Performance
18 days in the Caribbean!
InBox at anchor, Terre-de-Haute, Les Saintes
In Dominica
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Cruising Highlights
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AnguilaSt. Maarten
St. Barthélemy
AntiguaSt. Kitts
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Martinique
St. Lucia
Barbados
St. Vincent &The Grenadines
Grenada
Trinidad &Tobago
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Les Saintes
Marie-Galante
Nevis
BarbudaBasseterre
St. John’s
Roseau
Fort-de-France
Castries
Kingstown
Bridgetown
St. George’s
Basse-Terre
Plymouth
The Valley
Port-of-Spain
Cultural Best
Arts festival in Fort de France with tableaux and “Ballet on the Balcony.”
Ecological Best
Martin’s Dominica tour through a “Garden of Eden”upland enroute to the rain forest and waterfall; small plots effortlessly growing bananas, pineapple, grapefruit, coffee, corn, oranges, coconuts, medicinal herbs, cocoa beans, and cinnamon bark;
Martin’s rowed tourup the tree-covered,narrow, windingIndian River.
Toughest Drive
Across the vertiginous spine of Grenada on a road that was once perilous and isnow way beyond that due to hurricane damage, but ameliorated by a truckload of people who chorusedhelpful directions – clearly a successful product of a campaign to make Grenada tourist friendly.
Sharpest Contrast
Queen Juliana Airport in St. Maarten; clean, cool,well-executed, functional architecture with acres of concrete runways compared to the narrow pot-holed road connecting Phillipsburg, the capitol,and requiring 45 minutes of stop-and-go driving tocover four miles.
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Best Meal
Dinty Moore beef stew at 2200H at anchor off St.Kitts after the longest passage.
Most Scenic Meal
L’Haute, with a view of Les Pitons.
Biggest Joke
Fourteen dollars for a baguette and bag of cereal in St. Barts.
Politics
Overshadowed by the World Cricket Championshipsbeing played in new stadiums financed and even builtby China, Taiwan, and India.
Next Stop!
Shipping Sint Maarten-Rotterdam, to be followed by cruising through the Gota Canal,
Gotland (Sweden) and the Baltic.Countries Visited
Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Martinique, Les Saintes, Dominica, and Sint Maarten.
Best Location
Terre-de-Haute, Les Saintes: Good harbor, French, walk to the beach, compact friendly town at the waterfront.
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The Lesser Antilles