Explore Lake Travis on a 37' Beneteau sailboat
Whew, that was a long exhausting day. In order to catch my 05:00 flight, I had to leave Ripple before 02:00. 17 hours later, we were finally aboard Windfall, the 45′ Beneteau that will be our home for the next 10 days. The water down here is so beautiful, I’m in my happy place!
Good news, the current forecast show no problems in the Atlantic, Caribbean, or Gulf of Mexico through June 28!
We’ll keep a sharp eye out for any changes, looking forward to another wonderful adventure!
Well, here we are 22 days out for our next BVI adventure and Hurricane season is already active. Rest assured, we’ll keep a close eye on any (potential) storm activity in the area BEFORE and during out adventure!
Here’s the Atlantic 5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook from NOAA. Check this regularly, this is updated several times a day!
After much discussion, we have booked a vessel for our next BVI adventure. We are currently scheduled for 11 days on a 45′ Beneteau monohull in late June. We will be keeping a close eye on the weather as hurricane season starts at the beginning of June in this area.
At this point everything except the charter and airline reservations are entirely flexible. Here’s the TENTATIVE itinerary:
It’s time to start planning the next SailRipple adventure. If you are interested in a sailing or sailing/diving trip in 2021 or 2022 please send me a note via the contact form and we can begin to get things rolling!
I’m currently thinking June of 2022 for the BVI or Jan-Feb of 2022 for Tahiti, that’s the off season, when the prices are lower!
PS – If you’re not vaccinated, don’t bother. It’s hard enough travelling internationally when vaccinated, I can’t imagine that other countries will be letting unvaccinated US citizens into their countries anytime in the near future.
We made it out for a last minute viewing of Jaws on the Water tonight, good times were had!!!
After a good night sleep ashore in Galveston, I dropped Captain Tony off at Houston Hobby Airport and made my way back to Sun Suite. We cleaned her up and secured the new dock lines for a permanent docking solution and prepped her for our departure.
1533.4 nautical miles
16.28 days
Many mistakes were made, lots of things learned. I’m a better sailor now and have much more confidence in my skills with this crossing under my belt.
I made my way back to Galveston some some wonderful crab bisque at the Cajun Greek before another nice night of sleep ashore in Pirates Cove.
We made it to the Galveston jetties around 08:30 Friday morning. It was nice to be back in familiar waters. Lots of morning traffic in the Houston Ship Channel. Four hours later we had passed under the Kemah bridge and were approaching the dock in Clear Lake. Clear Lake has changed lot since my sailing days with Lawrence, I barely recognized the place. We hit secured Sun Suite and met the new neighbors.
A couple of storms early in the watch. Massive lightning strikes less than a mile away from the boat. Not much wind or rain though.
I can see the glow of Port Arthur (about 30nm) off to the starboard,
There are some vessels moving out here, keeping in my eyes open for anything headed our way or in our path.
I’m case you missed the earlier post, here’s Spot satellite tracker link, you can follow us here: