Underway!

10/17/10

After eighteen months in the USVI, BVI, and Puerto Rico the Starship is breaking out of our protective shell behind the islands and making for open water. Heading out on a beautiful sunrise, the Captain made the right call to go east across the Anagada Passage direct for the island of St. Martin on an excellent weather window.

Usually an uncomfortable slog to weather, the mild 10 knots out of the northeast and .5 to 1 meter seas made for a pleasant 17 hour motorsail to windward.

The only company we had were a few off shore freighters as we left the British Virgin Islands, reminding us just how nice it was to be back out on the ocean again.

With no Caribbean two-step to bang across and nothing but the open sky and sea on the horizon we plugged in our sailing playlist and enjoyed.

Seeing the sails up and full was a sight we hadn't had the pleasure of for awhile.

The close and protected waters of the USVI , BVI, and Puerto Rico can become addictive, when the farthest you have to travel in a day is five miles to the next beautiful spot and by the time all your rig is up it is time to anchor!

With our huge mainsail up for shade as well as power, we had to don our whitest whites in order to keep from spontaneously combusting under the blazing sun!

Blue and white were the colors of the day, lots of sunscreen and water, and the appreciation of our movable home on the water.