Author ArchiveChris Powell sent me some shots of avalanche leaving the dock Sunday morning. I was actually up and out shooting the sunrise in Narragansett and got to Jamestown an hour late… If you want to see how big the waves were that morning, check out my shots here (they were huge!). Thanks Chris! 
Normally I’m the cool, laid back guy in this family… But no word from the boat for almost 48 hours had me a little concerned. I was wondering what was going on that I hadn’t heard from them. So what do you do when your own parents aren’t “checking in” with you? Ground them? Call their cell phone? …. So I emailed them (never a fast solution), called the sat phone with no answer, then went to the next obvious step: calling Herb! He’s been mentioned many times before on the blog and he’s the boat’s weatherman. I dropped him an email this morning and he’s been in contact with them all along:
No, that doesn’t sound like fun, but they’ve been in worse. Herb’s awesome as usual, both for the boat regarding weather, and now for me to know what’s going on. Sorry if this all sounds a bit dramatic. Rest assured they’re fine and boat has seen worse. They just try to avoid it whenever possible. Be sure to click the waypoint links above or location page at top to see where they are. Also, I’ve just received an email from M&D saying similar thoughts. The weather isn’t ideal, but they’re fine. With one autopilot down and large seas they’re hand steering a lot. They tried to send a blog post Friday, but for some reason it didn’t make it through. 
Well, they managed to get the dock lines off and leave before dark this year! I (this is posted by Ben) came down to drop off their laptop and sat phone in time to “help” with some last minute preparations (I helped clean out their condo fridge, aka eat lunch). Then Jake listened to Herb, we untied the lines and unhooked the cord, and off they went. It was a chilly 28ºF in the car when I got to it. In the pictures you can actually see the heat rising out of the water because it’s still over 50º. They’re in for a cold night for sure with the wind, but they’re also looking good weather wise in terms of maybe skipping a fuel stop in Bermuda. Time will tell for that. 
Jake watched Maltese Falcon sail from the dock in Antigua… In case I didn’t believe him he recorded it with his camera: 
Years ago my parents and I sailed into Bequia and noticed a small dingy out taking pictures of us sailing in to the harbor. We didn’t think much of it at the time, but at cocktail time Kenmore Henville came out to the boat with a printed and framed 8×10 of us sailing in that afternoon. It’s was probably the best shot ever taken of the boat to that point (I say this only because they’ve now gone back, and the new shots are better!). My parents bought the picture (it’s one of the header images on the site) and have since become friends with Kenmore. They had the chance to go back a few weeks ago, and setup another shoot with Kenmore, below are the images. If you want some awesome images of your boat, go to Bequia and look for Kenmore, he’ll take care of you!
Here is his contact information: Kenmore Henville Photography Phone: 784-457-3212
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