http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/09/02/goosewinging-it-all-the-way/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/09/02/goosewinging-it-all-the-way/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:53:35 +0000 Liz http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=2337 We picked up more wind as Jamie poled out the genoa and we ran goosewing. Wow, it was great! The sense of speed was tremendous. We seldom dropped below 7 knots and I was at the helm when we clocked our first 10 knots! With the wind behind us practically the whole way we gave chase and over took quite a few other yachts. Esper seemed to love it as much as us.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/09/02/goosewinging-it-all-the-way/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/08/17/sailing-the-scottish-lochs/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/08/17/sailing-the-scottish-lochs/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:36:47 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=2181 Tim and I gorged ourselves on the mezzes and befriended the most beautiful white kitten. A few weeks later when I returned to this restaurant they informed me that the kitten went missing. They think he was taken by a visiting gullet.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/08/17/sailing-the-scottish-lochs/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/25/rum-and-romance/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/25/rum-and-romance/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:34:23 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=824 When you've spent over three weeks at sea Antigua really is a piece of heaven on earth. We don't need to tell you what it was like because it's all that you imagine it to be: warm, idyllic, welcoming and simply stunning. With free-flowing rum and the fact it was approaching Christmas the vibe was fully switched on to 'party' mode. Tim, Dobby, Michel and myself rented a shack for a month on top of a hill overlooking Falmouth Harbour and quickly sussed the perfect recipie for rum-punch. Yachts came and went, providing the south of the island with crowds of party people who crammed the local joints like the Mad Mongoose.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/25/rum-and-romance/feed/ 0