Browsing Archive: December, 2010

December 31, 2010

Posted by Jamie Scarbrough on Friday, December 31, 2010, In : Captain's Chronicles 
Harwich Port, MA (42 N° 40', 70 W° 4') - Today was a very successful day. Kitenaked.com just hooked us up with two demo kites! They loaned us a 12 meter Wainman and a 7 meter Wainman.  We are looking forward to getting some sick pics/videos of these kites in action while in paradise as well as letting other kiters demo the gear so if you are in the Caribbean come find us! 

We also finished the final prep for the trip: fishing reels are cleaned and ready to go, charts are organized, GP...
Continue reading ...
 

December 6, 2010

Posted by Jamie Scarbrough on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, In : Captain's Chronicles 
San Francisco, CA (37° 37' N, 122° 23'W) - After two very busy days inspecting, sea trialing, and negotiating, I closed on the purchase and am the proud owner of Polaris. She sailed well in 10-12 knots of breeze, and the engine, rigging, and sails are in excellent condition. As with any used boat purchase, there is plenty of work to be done to restore her back to glory. With less than a month before go-time, we seek to install several new through-hull fittings, upgrade the electronics, rev...
Continue reading ...
 

December 3, 2010

Posted by Jamie Scarbrough on Friday, December 3, 2010, In : Captain's Chronicles 
San Juan, Puerto Rico (18° 27' N 66° 5' W) - Just arrived in Puerto Rico. En route to see Polaris for the first time in person. Stay tuned for some new pics of the boat.
Continue reading ...
 

December 1, 2010

Posted by Jamie Scarbrough on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, In : Captain's Chronicles 
San Francisco, CA (37° 37' N  122° 23' W): Reading through the quartermaster's "gear list of doom" in preparation for the trip to Puerto Rico this week. The list is 531 lines long in Excel and includes all of the essential gear (anchor and rode, backup fuel filters, docklines, handheld GPS, binoculars, extra winch handles, etc). It also contains some hidden gems...my favorite items so far are #47, #238, and #396 which represent: "Way to open coconuts (machete would be good, hac...

Continue reading ...
 
« Back to posts
 

© 2011 Lost in the Caribbean                                                                                                                                              Site by: XL Collaborative

Make a Free Website with Yola.