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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 […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 3

October 9, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Sunday September 27th 2009 Having a 1 year old on board is a total enjoyment but it takes some extra thoughts. Fortunately, we’d prepared for her sleeping arrangements. We’d selected the Leopard Catamaran based on the forepeak in each hull for Alexandra to sleep. Then we bought a cargo net and some clamps from home […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 1

October 6, 2009/by Grant Headifen

To follow over the next week, are the chronicles of this year’s yacht charter sailing vacation trip by NauticEd staff and friends. Although we’ve sailed through out the Caribbean and Mediterranean, once again we elected the BVI.

Yacht Charter trip to the British Virgin Islands

September 12, 2009/by Grant Headifen

As we prepare for our yacht charter sailing vacation to the British Virgin Islands this month, I want to post a few emails that we are sending out to the group that is going. Below is one from my wife discussing provisioning.

Cruising Friends

June 17, 2009/by Grant Headifen

This is an email to me from some friends, Chris and Chris and their kids, who took the plunge and went off cruising in their Catamaran – Stray Kitty. Cool name for a Catamaran by the way. It’s posted here with their permission. We thought that is was such an inspiring story that we wanted […]

Christmas in the Caribbean

November 25, 2008/by Grant Headifen

Two christmas’ ago, 5 of us went to Guadeloupe Island for Christmas. We chartered a sunsail 44 ft Beneteau and sailed for a week around the local islands of Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Dominica