This Blog is our mother's logs from her sails aboard Jofian. Our mother, Clare Holt, wrote a log every day and after her first sail to Mexico, she bought a laptop to write and save her logs. She sailed when the World Wide Web was first created, there was not as much on the Internet back then, no Wi-Fi, Internet access was very limited. I know if she were sailing today that she would be putting her logs in a Blog, so I am doing it for her. Mom’s logs to Alaska are on saillogsalaska.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tuesday, May 9, 1995 - On way, Aruba
Got up early, took down the awnings, removed the sail covers, and got Jofian looking like a sailboat again. Roy took the trash to town and brought back ten more gallons of water.
We spent several hours bringing up the anchors. The chains were covered with seaweed, barnacles, and mud, and the two chains were twisted around each other in big knots, but eventually we got them untwisted and somewhat cleaned off. By noon we were on our way to Aruba!
For weeks, the weather forecast for the Eastern Caribbean had been "Wind east 15 to 20 knots, seas 5 to 7 feet," but when we got out there, there was almost no wind at all, so we had to motor. After sunset, however, the wind picked up, and we were able to sail.
What a beautiful night! The stars and half-moon were very bright, the air warm and caressing, and the wind just right for sailing. We zoomed along at 5 to 6 knots.
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