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Chris Jacobs

Chris Jacobs

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Abersoch, United Kingdom

Day Skipper, graduate of Halcyon Yacht's delivery skipper development program. Favourite place to sail is Abersoch, North Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Making the SailTies app when on land ๐Ÿ“ฑ

4,350

NM

Total Distance

143

Days

Time at Sea

QUALIFICATIONS
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International Sailing License And Credentials

NauticEd
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Bareboat Charter Master Level III

NauticEd
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Marine Radio Short Range

The RYA
Chris Jacobs
Thomas Guy

Chris Jacobs, Thomas Guy & 1 other

8 May 2025 at 15:04

Back home via Nomad ๐Ÿ’™

Fast trip back, with a surprise stop to see Lou from Nomad ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿ’™

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Back home via Nomad ๐Ÿ’™

9.2

NM

40min

Seaview to Portchester, United Kingdom

Tom Teichmann

Tom Teichmann - You are just around the corner where we are berthed

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Chris Jacobs
Thomas Guy

Chris Jacobs, Thomas Guy & 1 other

8 May 2025 at 11:30

Seaview for lunch

We finally got to have lunch with Greg! He took us on his Ribeye to Seaview, a beautiful spot where we had lunch and watched the Mermaid race. ๐Ÿงœ Pretty calm conditions with the occasional bounce. Fun being back on a powerboat after all these years!

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Seaview for lunch

9.8

NM

1h 17m

Portchester to Seaview, United Kingdom

Joe

Joe - Looking forward to my Ribeye ride!

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Chris Jacobs
Becca

Chris Jacobs & Becca

28 September 2024 at 14:41

Not as farda as we thought! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Iโ€™m converted. Stunning scenery, perfect wind, fast boat and expert crew. We reached 14.6 kts on the Topcat K2 with only two tiny moments of flight, always felt in control. Becca helmed most of the sail and nailed the crazy long, non-folding tiller. Going down in my top 5 sails โค๏ธ Only negative is we thought we would see the other side of the lake. It was disappointing to see on the map at the end that we barely left Riva del Garda ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ™ˆ

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Not as farda as we thought! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

7.9

NM

1h 49m

Riva del Garda, Italy

Sarah Jacobs

Sarah Jacobs - Sounds amazing - love that for you โ›ต๏ธ ๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

25 March 2024 at 09:20

Back to base in record time! ๐Ÿš€

Final sail of the trip back to base ๐Ÿ˜ข Only time weโ€™d set sail with other boats - itโ€™s been pretty quiet. The difference between this sail & the identical one 9 days ago is that I was loving every minute of the speedy sailing & rolling over huge waves rather than being scared ๐Ÿ˜‚ Massive thanks to our skipper Chris & Becca for sharing their knowledge & keeping us safe ๐Ÿ˜Š This truly was a trip of a lifetime - every day, every island, every beach, every meal was unique & memorable. Itโ€™s great to have it all saved here on SailTies ๐Ÿ‘ If you get the chance to sail The Grenadines then go โ›ต๏ธ

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Back to base in record time! ๐Ÿš€

8.9

NM

1h 40m

Port Elizabeth to Calliaqua, St Vincent and Grenadines

Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

24 March 2024 at 07:41

Back to Bequi

Our big sail back to Bequia, done in record time. The main crossing was an average of 7.2kts! We hit a dead patch of the end of Canouan for 5 minutes, otherwise the wind was strong and on the beam for most of the voyage. Bit of fun tacking back into Admiralty Bay before finding a quiet anchor spot at the most southern beach. Kevin had his last few trips, extra long ones through all the HUNDREDS of moored boats - perfect window shopping! Final sail tomorrow morning, but for now itโ€™s time for happy hour ๐Ÿป

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Back to Bequi

23.3

NM

4h 37m

Charlestown to Port Elizabeth, St Vincent and Grenadines

Michele Simpson

Michele Simpson - Fantastic! Enjoy ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

23 March 2024 at 10:17

Our first squall! ๐ŸŒŠ โ˜”๏ธ

A simple 2 hour sail up north I told the crew as we departed (narrowly avoiding the worldโ€™s biggest sting ray). The first hour was perfect upwind gusty sailing, until we saw a squall on the horizon! I was very excited for my first experience of a Caribbean squall as skipper (we had a great one during round Barbados race when I was on helm). We already had 2 reefs in at this point, so felt prepared. When it hit, the wind increased from 21kts to 36kts! We depowered at first and then attempted to heave too. This didnโ€™t really work as the backed headsail was depowered and didnโ€™t offer enough to counter the main sail. Good lesson. We all got completed soaked through and then continued on. The wind totally dropped off and we headed off on a different tack. The wind then shifted around a lot. We tried another heave too but didnโ€™t quite nail it, didnโ€™t head into the wind enough and ended up on a weird beam reach. Eventually we gave up and put the engine on as our destination was into the wind and our ETA was another two hours away. Now anchored in Rameau bay and itโ€™s raining on our lunch!

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Our first squall! ๐ŸŒŠ โ˜”๏ธ

13.7

NM

3h 17m

Craby Rock to Charlestown, St Vincent and Grenadines

Michele Simpson

Michele Simpson - Wow! Looks exciting!!

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Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

22 March 2024 at 14:36

Downwind back to Chatham

Chatham bay is our favourite so far, so we decided to zoom back there as we begin our way back north to St Vincent. Lots of space again, made a bit of a mess of anchoring by trying to save time and adjust a bad position rather than aborting and coming in fresh (which would have been much faster!) Night on the boat under a full moon ๐ŸŒ•

Downwind back to Chatham

8.5

NM

2h 10m

Citern Village, Grenada to Ashton, St Vincent and Grenadines

Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

22 March 2024 at 12:02

Border hop to Grenada for lunch ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ

A quick sail past Petit St Vincent (private resort) to Petite Martinique ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Had lunch in the bay with about 300 shrieking gulls then time to head back to St V waters ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ

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Border hop to Grenada for lunch ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ

1.3

NM

24min

Petit Saint Vincent Island, St Vincent and Grenadines to Citern Village, Grenada

Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

22 March 2024 at 09:35

Morpion house shopping ๐Ÿ๏ธ

Lovely night in Clifton exploring Happy Island bar and then going to shore for food. Woke up this morning to a speed boat stuck on the reef (see video)! We had a great sail over to Mopion, a tiny island with just an umbrella. Tight navigation through reefs to reach it, but we did it under sail ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Morpion house shopping ๐Ÿ๏ธ

4.2

NM

1h 12m

Clifton to Petit Saint Vincent Island, St Vincent and Grenadines

Chris Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs

Chris Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs & 2 others

21 March 2024 at 15:02

For that beautiful feeling

I normally cycle from Ashton to Clifton back in Bristol, but tonight we had a glorious evening sun sail. Anchored instead of mooring buoy, with further improved snubber. Exposed to wind, but protected by a reef. Got our eyes on next door which is a bar on the middle of the reef surrounded by ocean..! ๐ŸŒŠ Oh as Iโ€™m writing I just saw a plane land, the airstrip is our other neighbour ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ The sail here lasted the exact amount of time as the chemical brothers album of the same name ๐Ÿชฉ

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For that beautiful feeling

4.8

NM

1h 47m

Ashton to Clifton, St Vincent and Grenadines