One Love arrives in Grenada
After a 52 hour passage with little drama, we have safely arrived in Grenada, our second home. The boat is secure on the dock at Port Louis Marina, ready for a well-deserved fresh-water bath. Note that we are similarly looking forward to indulging in PLM’s awesome showers! I’ll post more tomorrow but because we still have a lot to get done today, I’ll leave you with this quickie photo: sunrise on final approach to Grenada… a perfect way to end the night watch.
PS: Sorry I had the comments turned off on yesterday’s post. I have since remedied that.
Curious as to how much of the trip you sailed vs how much under diesel power?
We sailed over 50%. The wind shifted to the south the second day so we motor sailed the rest. Much of that time the engines were only a bit above idle. We did have to run the engines for a few hours each day anyway to charge the batteries.
I really enjoy reading your Blog and wish I was there– You two are really living many peoples dream…
I enjoy my little boat up here on the Hudson River in NY and have done some island hopping too down where you two have been– St. Barts was FAB!!
Looking forward to hear about your charter adventures– I’m sure they will generate some good Blogs!!
If I may put a side note here– My girlfriend is riding 52 Miles on here bicycle for charity… If anyone who reads this would like to make a contribution it would greatly be appreciated– Here’s the link to her donation page… Many people have known some body who has died from this– Thank You for any support…
Play Safe and enjoy!!
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/bethconnolly/aids-ride-for-life-2013
Copy & Paste if the link does not work…
Hi Kurt
Thanks for the message and good luck to your girlfriend with her fundraiser.
Welcome home!
Gracias!
It does not get any better than that picture!!
There is no better place to experience sunset and sunrise than on the water.
Well done!
All three of you are tired and happy I would guess.
Mike
Very!
Good job and a safe cruise back home. Have a wonderful evening and get rested up!
Thanks, Mike.
What was going on with the SPOT? No tracking updates for the last 2/3rds of the trip.
SPOT tracking only works for 24 hours. You have to manually start it again. I’m guessing they forgot to reset the tracking. I wish it didn’t stop after 24 hours.
Mike, When you motored, did you run 1 engine or 2? If both, why?
Eric
Exactly. We forgot. 🙁
Both engines. I discussed this briefly with Robert at the Moorings, sharing how our friend Kirk was of the belief that running one engine is not good for the sail drives. He didn’t really know but basically concurred. I really don’t know.
That would be a great question to run by the LeopardCat guys. I normally run both engines when I need the maneuverability, i.e. anchoring or docking, or if we are beating into some heavy stuff, otherwise we only run a single engine. I figured that the speed enhancement when running both engines wasn’t worth the extra engine hours racked up, or the extra fuel consumption. In addition, our cats are blessed with overpowered diesels, so running a single engine doesn’t put undo load on it, in fact the more load the better. It will be interested to see how your experience evolves.
We don’t have sail drives, but I could see how running a single engine would but more load on a single sail drive then running both.
Eric
I’m sure we’ll come up with a strategy. At the moment we are still figuring it out.