Captains Update: Sint Maarten
Peace All, From a layman climatologist and sailor’s perspective, I can state that when we have a week of westerlies in March in the Eastern Caribbean with monster swells turning.. read more
Peace All, The saying ‘reality is stranger than fiction’, is the category into which the next several days fall. First, Brigantine ‘Eye of the Wind’ sails into the bay as.. read more
Peace All, Schooner RUTH is an excellent sailing vessel when trimmed well, she will self-steer for several minutes without touching the helm and going windward in rough swell she cuts a.. read more
Peace All, I did say stunningly beautiful, but that does not do the anchorage proper justice. Do you know when you sail into a bay a night not knowing what.. read more
Peace All, After our passage south, heading north was always going to be a challenge with the polar NE trade winds blowing truly crispy across the notorious Bay of Biscay.. read more
Peace All, This is my first blog posting and hope you will be forgiving of any blogging etiquette that I may break. RUTH has had several Caribbean sailing passages since.. read more
Recently returned from St Vincent and the Grenadines, Bequia, St Lucia to home we renewed the anti slip deck coatings with a lovely Dijon mustard hue carefully mixed for us.. read more
Although many of our interested followers are already aware, SV Ruth has wonderfully exciting news – she is launched and in the water! As of Saturday, December 6th, 2014, we.. read more
Valentine’s Day on Schooner Ruth, and one way to celebrate is by doing something we love – Installing our beautiful winches! Cpt. Danielle Doggett & Anges Fournier spent the morning.. read more
As we get closer & closer to launching, some of the final jobs on Schooner Ruth are happening. Now that the Rig Team has completed most of their dirty work,.. read more