Mo Bettah

Stars & Stripes - St Martin

Started with 15 knots beam reach and quickly got to 20-22 knots close hauled. 1’ sea state. Great sailing conditions. 

Saw an oncoming sailboat cross the sand bank that showed 4’-6’ so I called them when they crossed the bank. They said it was 14’! So we carefully crossed at the same point and was good! Shortened the trip a lot. 

Highborne to Norman’s Cay

Early start with calm seas that gradually built into PERFECT sailing conditions (13 knots, 2’ seas and directly from where we wanted to go🤣)

Saw Rocinante on the Exumas Bank‼️

Almost came nose to nose with a Catamaran under power but he finally heard me calling and ran up to the cockpit to turn his boat!

West Bay to Highborne Cay (Exumas‼️)

Looks like a nice upwind sail!   New places make it worth it.

17-22 knot winds
3’-5’ swells
Sailing upwind all the way! Motored the last bit so we could get anchored before sunset. BC of the channel between the Berry and Andros islands the area was very busy. 

West Bay had 17 boats and I’m sure more will arrive later. 

Got to see John’s “JAWS Beach” 😁

Chub Cay to West Bay

Started early little to no wind. Motored  North of Bimini add turned East. 8-9 knot winds for good sailing until we hit the rain and the there was 0 wind for 8 hours! (More motoring) winds came back at the turn and stayed good until the Northwest Channel when the started coming 10 degrees off the nose. Motored the last 10 miles. 

Bimini to Chub Cay

13-8 knot winds
4-5’ swells off the Florida coast the died down to 1-2’ swells after 10 miles. Then almost smooth for the second half of the trip. Gulf Current helped make good time but motored the last 15 miles so we didn’t overshoot Bimini. 
Sailing was close hulled all the way. 
Arrived just before sunset!

1st Crossing to Bimini‼️

Very nice sailing in the first 12 hours and then no wind. Did motoring through Seven Mile Bridge to Rodriguez Key to beat some high winds and pressure the engine before leaving for the Bahamas. Everything is working good!

Ft Myers to Rodriguez Key

Everything from glass flat to 26-30 knots‼️
Stopped on the flat water days to hangout, cleanup, and tested water maker. Spent about 12 hours total running the motor. 

Houston-Fort Myers FL

17 knots steady from SE
1’ waves
Short section of dense fog

Frank and Family Cruise 

18-27 Knots of wind
Waves 1’ and white capped 
Both sails were reefed!
Boat speeds 6.3-7.5, max was 8.1
Battery system worked great and stayed ahead of the power demands. 100% charged at the end of the sail. 
Dingy rode great on the back!

1st Sail W/Lithium & Dingy

10-17 Knot winds
Choppy 1’ waves
Lisa had a good time and had no issues. 

Stephen Hammonds