cap’n alex 27 April 2012 | Georgetown, Guyana New Dutch crew of Carine (an old friend) arrived in from Amsterdam and we set out on a jungle hike to a couple waterfalls before setting sail. Besides the thick green jungle that surrounded us we saw neon colored lizards and frogs, but it was the ubiquitous[…]
cap’n alex 07 May 2012 | Bridgetown, Barbados The sea never felt so safe as when we had Georgetown out of sight. We had steady trade winds out of the northeast, making the 380 miles to Barbados our longest upwind passage on the entire circumnavigation. With the autopilot continuing to throw fits, Bubbles managed to[…]
cap’n alex 19 May 2012 | english harbour, antigua Bubbles and crew ran completely broke of funds after Carine flew back to Amsterdam. Having neither cash nor credit via any type of card, Diego and I resorted to trading. For a couple dive tanks we got the jib sail repaired, for a regulator we got[…]
cap’n alex 31 May 2012 | Saba Rock The day sail to Barbuda was sunny with good wind and buzzing excitement from both new crew and old. Arriving in the poorly charted waters we ran aground, but jumping into a shallow sea full of starfish isn’t a bad place to get stuck. Ashore the six[…]
cap’n alex 04 June 2012 | St. Martin The seven of us woke well before sunup to the Indiana Jones theme song cranked over the Bubbles sound system. Sails were up by sunrise with Paddy King at the helm and brother Joe standing by as we watched the morning light illuminate mountainous Saba’s cliffs[…]
cap’n alex rust 10 June 2012 | St. Martin That night in St. Martin the party aboard Bubbles can only be described as magical. With Christmas lights strung up both in the rigging to light the deck, and in the interior to light below, a special glow illuminated the boat that had carried us around[…]
cap’n alex rust 22 July 2012 We had good wind on the morning we set sail to complete the 90 mile last leg (from St. Martin to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands) of Bubble’s circumnavigation. With a full boat, I was on deck explaining some navigational markers to some of the more virgin crew[…]