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22-03-2013, 06:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: wherever the boat is -- Jacksonville FL for hurricane season
Boat: Pearson 365 ketch sailboat, 36.5'
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Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
 Just a quick "Ahoy" as a newbie to the forum.
We're currently cruising the Caribbean. Well, at the moment we're stuck in St. Thomas awaiting the rebuild of our fuel injection pressure pump. If that's the culprit, we'll be on our way NW, first to the Spanish Virgins, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas then Florida to replenish our cruising kitty over hurricane season.
Our boat is a 1977 Pearson 365 ketch, 36.5 feet, which we bought in St. Lucia and came aboard in September 2012.
My husband's the sailor, I'm learning. I blog about our experiences, if anyone's interested, it's www.GalleyWenchTales.com.
Thanks for making this forum a great place to connect and learn!
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23-03-2013, 23:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Back in Northern California working on the Ranch
Boat: Pearson 365 Sloop and 14ft.Whitehall pulling skiff.
Posts: 10,358
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Welcome to the forum
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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow - what a ride!"
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24-03-2013, 04:24
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, GalleyWenchTale.
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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24-03-2013, 05:02
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: St Maarten
Boat: Morgan OutIslander 28
Posts: 37
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Welcome!
Creepy Crawling blog.
CS
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24-03-2013, 21:02
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: wherever the boat is -- Jacksonville FL for hurricane season
Boat: Pearson 365 ketch sailboat, 36.5'
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Thanks Caribsurf, GordMay and CelestialSailor!
Caribsurf -- updated the blog entry since you saw it. Internet was playing hide & seek. Anyhow, you'll like the update.
Smooth sailing and good times wherever the wind takes you!
Dana aka Galley Wench Tale
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09-04-2013, 11:15
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Good to have you here.
kind regards,
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09-04-2013, 11:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Boat: S2 11.0A 36'
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Welcome aboard!
SC
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09-04-2013, 11:54
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Welcome to CF Dana  .
Pancakes and mimosas sound like a good way to cope with rain (as long as the mimosas aren't at risk of being diluted  )
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09-04-2013, 16:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Boat: Lord Nelson 41' Cutter
Posts: 93
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Welcome to the CF!
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Regards,
Dan
s/v Orion
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09-04-2013, 16:33
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,148
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Welcome! and take the time to have fun down there......
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11-04-2013, 07:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: wherever the boat is -- Jacksonville FL for hurricane season
Boat: Pearson 365 ketch sailboat, 36.5'
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Thanks Cheechako, Sailtexas, Seaworthy Lass, sailcruiser and boatman61.
After USPS Priority Mail lost our broken fuel injector pump, someone from the Pearson Cruiser's Forum came to our rescue. He's a former Pearson owner who kept the original engine and sent us the part!
Still not sure where ours is or when it will turn up.
Meanwhile, fingers crossed that replacing it with the rebuild does the trick.
If so, we're off to the Spanish Virgins tomorrow, at long last!
We've managed to have some fun in the interim. Here's a taste of a few things we did (with another post or two on the way)
movies on the beach
free jazz concert
makin' lemonade -- getting published
Now that we'll only be able to spend a 1-2 days in the Spanish Virgins, where in Culebra & Culebrita would you most likely go? WE'll also spend a day in San Juan Puerto Rico. Then we have to skedaddle to pick up my friend in the Abacos in early May.
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11-04-2013, 08:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: caribbean winter, Durango,CO summer
Boat: Nordhavn 5740
Posts: 455
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
You're headed in the right direction. Following winds and seas. Enjoy the experience.
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Bahamas this winter.
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Re: Ahoy from Caribbean Cruiser -- New to Cruiser's Forum
Ahoy there Wench...
