Saltwhistle III: Rach & Tony
 Hi, this blog is to chart the sailing adventures of Rachelle and Tony on Saltwhistle III, our Hallberg Rassy 42F. We left our home port of Gosport late June 2011 for the Canary Islands, via Devon and Cornwall, Spain, Portugal and Madeira. In November 2011 we joined the ARC rally of some 200+ boats heading across the Atlantic to St Lucia in the Caribbean. After sailing the Caribbean winter season we headed up to the US via Bermuda in June 2012 to visit Maine before heading south down the eastern seaboard to Florida. At the start of 2013 we had six weeks in Cuba, then headed to the Bahamas before heading back to the Virgin Islands for Bermuda mid year and an OCC rally in the Azores.
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Our latest 5 diary entries
| 17th May 2013 | ||||
| Final hoorah in Anegada | ||||
| We checked out of the BVI yesterday and have a lovely sail over to Anegada for our final night in the Caribbean. Only 13 miles away from Tortola but Anegada is such a flat sandy island that you only see it when you... | ||||
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| 11th May 2013 | ||||
| Bella's torrid week | ||||
| There we were enjoying ourselves in a secluded cove of Coral Bay, swimming off the back in azure waters and kayaking around on the paddle board - all good. Thought we might spend another night but in the morning B... | ||||
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| 28th Apr 2013 | ||||
| Sunset over Tortola | ||||
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| 26th Apr 2013 | ||||
| Full moon party @ Trellis Bay | ||||
| Now that we have pretty much decided to return to the UK later this year we are making sure we visit and do all the things around the BVI that make it unique. Our latest exploit was the Full Moon Party at Trellis B... | ||||
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| 22nd Apr 2013 | ||||
| What a difference a week makes! | ||||
| We got lifted out at Soper's Hole Yacht Services to get a hull polish, anti-fouling, replace the anodes and also replace the prop shaft bearing. Once lifted we noticed some keel damage that must have happened in ... | ||||
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