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Sailing Vacation Attitude

June 16, 2014/by Grant Headifen

Southern St Lucia is known for the swarming and pushy “official guides”. Each one claiming that they are the official. Years ago when I visited by land and sea I was overwhelmed and was glad to leave.

Come Join us for the Rolex Regatta on a Maxi Race Yacht

July 13, 2010/by Grant Headifen

Join us on an 80 ft Maxi Yacht in the Rolex Regatta. In the movie “Hunt for Red October” the XO came to Sean Connery and said: “Captain, it is time”. It was the time to make the decision to go for it – or not. And it is now one of those classic movie lines […]

NauticEd Student sailing experience in the BVI’s

February 8, 2010/by Grant Headifen

On 2/9/10 4:09 AM, “MICHAEL” wrote: Hello Grant, Just returned from our bareboat charter in BVI .We were there for 9 days.It was great,though the wind was light 5-10 knots for the last few days but was 30knots for the first couple ,a little much for us beginers we we did ok.I was glad to […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Last day Day 10

November 21, 2009/by Grant Headifen

After a 7am dip in the pool and breakfast at the Mafolie Hotel in Charlotte Amalie, we taxied down to Yacht Haven in the morning. This is a very nice area and mostly provides to the Cruise Ship crowd. On Sunday mornings they have a small farmers market in the court yard. This gives a […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Last day on the water – Day 9

November 11, 2009/by Grant Headifen

This was the last day of our wonderful yacht charter sailing vacation to the BVI’s. :( From beautiful Manchioneel Bay, Cooper Island, we set sail at about 8:30am to Road Town. The wind was again out of the east at about 15 knots and so the eta was approximately 9:30. However, in calculating eta’s, one […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 8

November 2, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Friday 2nd October 2009 Early to rise in Savannah Bay – and a swim to shore. Again, this morning we spent a few hours on the beach at Savannah bay snorkeling, playing beach bats, and strolling along the 750m long beach. We then set sail for Spanish town again were we picked up more ice. […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 7

October 26, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Thursday 1st October Savannah Bay BVI: There is nothing like a swim ashore and a morning run on a white sandy beach and that is exactly what I did on Thursday morning. We’d anchored in about 15 ft of water which meant the boat was about 200 meters from shore which made for a nice […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 6

October 17, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Wednesday 30th September 2009 Bath time on a catamaran is pretty easy and fun for the little one. The catamaran galley is so big that there is plenty of room and the sinks are big. Consequently, Alexandra loved this time of day. The crew set out in the dinghy to explore the rocky coastline and […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 5

October 15, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Tuesday 29th September 2009 A classic yacht chartering blunder was made on Monday. Instead of filling the tanks with water when the conditions were calm at the east end of Cane Garden Bay we elected to do it Tuesday morning because we were having so much fun on Monday. Overnight, a swell began running out […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 4

October 14, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Monday 28th September On Monday morning the wind was out of the east. We left the beautiful White Bay on Jost Van Dyke and set sails for Sandy Spit which took about 2 tacks on a beat into the wind. Sandy Spit is located at the east end of Little Jost Van Dyke and is […]