S/V Cadence

The trip home was a whirlwind.  Time flew by but it was nice to see family and friends.  The wedding went off without a hitch thanks to Joys super organization and planning.  I returned to Agua Dulce to move Cadence to the Balearics in time for Grace to arrive Ibiza....

We left Lagos bound for Faro and Isla Da Culetra which is only a 40 mile hop.  We have tired of the over night passages that screw up our sleep pattern and have decided to make day hops as much as possible.  We are about 300 miles from Almera Spain where we will pull t...

June 7, 2015
Although we really wanted to stay longer and explore Flores more, we had to leave the next evening as the winds were going to be favorable and then turn against us for the following week.  Also, Rich needed to catch a flight back to Charleston so we sailed...

May 10, 2015
At 7 am on Mother's Day we finally pulled out of Fort Liquordale.   My old friend from high school who I have only seen maybe once or twice since 1986 has joined us for the passage to Bermuda.  Tyler Gilbertie was always a sailing enthusiast and mentioned...

After Grace left us we decided that we were going to make our way back to the U.S. To take care of some boat items needing attention.  We also had to get a survey to satisfy our insurance carrier.  We left Belize city for San Pedro where we would check out of the count...

Glovers Atoll
We had a couple of waypoints to get us in front of the southern opening for Glovers.  This is a oval shaped atoll surrounded by coral reef.   It is about 15 miles long and 4-5 miles wide.  The depths average 50-60 feet with hundreds of large coral heads r...