The Crossing

While in Lagos Chase and Eric where using the tender for exploration. Without a proper dingy anchor chance found the next best thing: Barra's Fortress. Which he now has a growing love for.



Ken McKinley our weather router from Locust Weather has done an excellent job routing us across the ocean twice and through numerous coastal passages. On day four or five his email described squally weather for the next few days. This is one of the twenty or thirty squals that we encountered ranging from a dark cloud that didnt change wind or weather to 41kts and stinging rain.
Eric and Jermemy enjoy one of the tropcal showers on the back bench.

After six days of nice wind and the spinnaker we sailed into a trough. With the breeze slowly dying and the sea state a little lumpy made waiting for wind a little painfull.

Even though the crew of Barra over the last few months has spent all their extra cash on food and plane tickets we are very rich in sunsets!

Bobby Martin enjoyed some of the trip. I think?

Another wonderful sunset with the 2A up.


Nice broom.


The southern crossing is completely different from the northern crossing. We not only enjoyed three Mahi-Mahi and five tuna but also standard clothing and night watch gear consisted of shorts and maybe a T shirt.