In the spirit of research and adventure, we found ourselves on
board a lovely old 122’ 3-masted “Windjammer”.
The crew is from Guyana , the Galapagos, Ecuador , Nevis.
Our cabin is luxurious compared to the smaller boats we’ve been
on.
Our private bathroom even has a separate shower!
No spraying everything!
Plus, someone else is shopping and cooking.
It feels rather decadent.
Two
coolers are always filled with rum, beer and wine.
We see double rainbows and
even the elusive green flash at sunset. Twice.
Of course, that may be the rum.
-Toss
another umbrella in that drink, will you?
There are no power winches here. No bow thrusters.
No self-furling
sails. No automatic anything.
These sails take muscle. (Good thing the crew
provides most of that.)
It’s a beautiful ship.
At
night, we dance on the teak deck below the stars.
This trip is through the Leeward Islands ,
larger and better known than the Windwards. At night, some
of the sailing is rough enough
to worry about falling
out of bed.
-Just the right amount of adventure.
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| "Man the winches! Full speed ahead! Ahoy!" |