Position: 12º 4.2’ N 61º 46.92’ W Eva arrived in St. Georges, Grenada just after sunset. We will spend the night here and go around to Prickly Bay tomorrow morning to check in and celebrate Ruby’s birthday. All is well
Position: 43º 39.702’ N 70º 14.298’ W Convivia is on the hard and the crew has moved onto Eva. Eva is now at anchor in front of our old ‘home’ in the PYS mooring field. The docks are back in. WOOT!
Position: 43º 39.798’ N 70º 14.52’ W Convivia is once again dangling at the end of her chain. We are anchored out in front of the former PYS mooring field. In a few days (weeks?) We will move her to the hard and join forces with the mighty s/v Eva for another epic adventure. Stay tuned…
Position: 43º 39.32’ N 70º 14.99’ W Convivia is at the dock for the first time since Cape Town. We are snugged in next to Eva, who is also at dock for the first time since Cape Town. All is well.
Position: 43º 39.6’ N 70º 14.982’ W This is our actual location. Hey, and how about that pretty map on the FB and Twitter posts :)
Position: 40º 42.768’ N 74º 0.36’ W This is our last week at anchor (for the season). On the 15th we will be heading in to dock at Dimillo’s Marina for the winter. Hopefully, our heater will arrive before then. It’s getting chilly. All is well.
Position: 43º 39.612’ N 70º 15.102’ W Convivia at anchor in Casco Bay
Position: 43º 39.762’ N 70º 14.292’ W Convivia is back on Anchor in Portland. The adults are looking for jobs, and the kids are enjoying “summer break”. All is well
Position: 43º 56.592’ N 69º 27.228’ W Zero miles to go. Convivia and crew have completed the Round the World trip that we set out on. October 1, 2011 to July 1, 2017. Convivia fits right in here. All is well!
Position: 43º 39.492’ N 70º 14.862’ W WE DID IT! We arrived in Portland, ME with the sunrise this morning after an ideal 1400 nautical mile passage. By lunchtime, we will be with our parents again for the first time in 3 years. Convivia had one last treat for us. As we entered the inner harbor, the fuel filter clogged, leaving us engineless in the shipping lane. A little quick thinking, and diesel soaked hands later and we were back in business. ...
Position: 38º 25.482’ N 71º 59.202’ W Well that was fun. Our little gale blew right on time, and gave us a post-Gulf Stream daily average speed of 7 knots. It is a strange thing to be sad to see such powerful weather evaporate, but now, as I look at our paltry 5.4 knot avg, and our (delayed) ETA, I find myself doing just that. Picture a man, wrinkled and greying, standing, head above the dodger, ducking to avoid the sheets of spray shooting over the weather decks. A giant wave (12-15’) crests behind him as he turns, smiling. The vessel under his feet has carried him and his family more than 25,000 nautical miles, in safety and relative comfort. He knows that she can handle the monster that is bearing down, now about to crash over the afterdeck. His boat lifts, and then takes off. An exhilaratingly fast (15.5 knots) surf on a 43’ long board. At the trough, the boat turns out gracefully and her skipper smiles again, bidding goodbye to the swell. ...
Position: 40º 49.05’ N 69º 15.21’ W We lost our wind entirely today. It’s been 12 hrs of motoring already, and we probably have a dozen more before the wind fills in. Match that with a 1.7 knot counter current, and you have some real slow going. We used the time to make power and water though. I should probably be glad we had so much time because, in these cold cold waters, the output is about half what it was in the tropics. ...
Position: 37º 46.848’ N 73º 4.098’ W I love me a good gale, which is a good thing because that’s what we will get tonight. 12-24 hrs of gale and 11’ swell. Convivia is managing the conditions like a champion, holding her course like she’s on rails, and yawning at the occasional side swell as only an Indian ocean veteran could. The side benefit of this weather is that it should extend our amazing Gulf Stream mileage for another 24 hrs. ...
Position: 35º 10.98’ N 74º 38.358’ W We rounded Cape Hatteras (aka The Graveyard of the Atlantic) this evening. This seems momentous, our next waypoint is Cape Cod, then it’s West one last time to Portland. If you had been a fly on the wall around dinner time, you might have heard us all belting out “Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea. Rolling home to old New England. Rolling home, dear land to thee.” ...
Position: 31º 59.958’ N 77º 33.072’ W Today was the rainy, squally day that we have been expecting (while still hoping against) since we left Georgetown. Its been a lot of motoring and a lot of staying out of the rain. We had some pretty epic nachos for dinner though, so… All is well.