Makai

1/24/10 to 2/5/10
We departed Santa Cruz Bay before dawn & endured a wallowing, bumpy, downwind sail to Aruba. We anchored just north of Oranjestad’s airport. This bay is relatively large & exposed to wind chop & swell wrapping the reef. With winds averaging 20-25 knots, it was a wet ride via dinghy into & [...]

1/5/10 to 1/24/10
We planned a brief stop in Curacao to pick up a Fed Ex package & top-up provisions, but high winds & seas kept us ‘holed’ up in Spanish Waters for almost 3 weeks.
When the forecast called for a 48-hour period of moderating conditions, we sailed north along Curacao’s western coast & [...]