Envolee – Figaro 2
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A Simple, Beautiful Day
Some days you just have step back and enjoy the view. The Atlantic can often appear grey, but yesterday morning this location a few hundred miles south of Bermuda featured a perfect set of blues. Above… Beside… and below (‘window’ to check for kelp): And, visitors (actually today, the day after the other pictures): The… Continue reading
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Unexpected Maintenance, Envolee Antigua->Bermuda
This post begins somewhat in the middle of things. This is not good: Pictured: prop shaft (left), diesel transmission (right), transmission fluid (red, puddled). That’s not the first time it leaked out- this was a test after wiping everything squeaky clean to see where the leak was. The transmission is leaking to the point that… Continue reading
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Staring Up During Nighttime Cruising
An empty ocean is beautiful at night. In warm water you often get lucky with phosphoresence or sea life visitors, but the ‘basic package’ is stars, perhaps clouds, the waves, and sometimes a moon. Knowing that it would be inadequate, I tried to take a few pictures. Depending on camera settings, it can be too… Continue reading
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Fast(?) Ticket From Antigua to Newport RI via Bermuda
It’s hard to say no to sailing someplace nice in a fast boat. In this case, Envolee, Nathalie Criou’s Figaro 2, needed to be moved from her Antigua Race Week location up to Newport, RI for the Newport-Bermuda race and then the Bermuda-Newport short handed return race. She did not have to make a hard… Continue reading