We were ready to head out to explore another island, and left Marsh Harbour in the morning on November 11, with a high-enough tide to not have any issues with…
We had planned to get some mundane things done while we were in Marsh Harbour, since it is one of the bigger towns in the Abacos. On the list were…
At 0830 on the 9th, we left Powell Cay to head through the Sea of Abaco to Marsh Harbour. Little rain showers were hitting us off and on, and a…
Chris and I came up for the 12-3am watch as the clock ticked over to November 7 for day 2 of our passage. As they handed off the boat to…
Everyone was up and moving at 6am on Monday the 6th to cast off the lines, with a plan to ride the outgoing tide out of the harbor and head…
With Oestara happily tied up at the dock at Carolina YC on Saturday afternoon, we had Sunday to enjoy some of the fun Charleston had to offer. Though this wasn’t…
The overnight watches into Day 3 (November 4) were speedy ones. At midnight we were seeing 25-30 knots of wind, and that stuck around all night. A SOG of 11.6…
As day one turned into day two, November 3, it was Patrick’s birthday. At midnight shift change, there were happy birthday wishes exchanged. (How cool is it to be sailing…
Before dawn on November 2nd, we dropped the lines at Safe Harbor Bluewater in Hampton and pointed Oestara‘s bow out of the harbor, heading out for the first leg of…