It has been over two months since I last made an update for Ad Astra. I love the blogs where you can see what is going on every day / week with folks, all of their hikes, sails, photos and adventures. But I knew that would not be the blog that I kept for Ad Astra. For one, my interests change constantly and if I set myself up with a scheduled blog update then I would fear that it come to feel like some sort of work.

After spending 10 weeks in Grenada, we had the opportunity to really tackle the boat list. And while it is a bit smaller, the nature of it is much simpler.

New Cabin!

But first check out our new enclosure for Ad Astra:

Pre-sail checks: Engine oils: STBD: full PORT: full Fuel tanks (132 gallons each): STBD 75% PORT 75% Water tanks (92 gallons each): STBD 0% PORT 100% Weather: checked passageweather.com and they are showing a bit more wind on the nose than windytv. The waves will be about 1.5m. Looking forward to a close reach to Carricacou. EDIT: December 8th, 2016 The wind turned out to be 20° more to the North and it was simply an engine drive to Sandy Island, Carriacou.

Ad Astra’s Log Wednesday November 23rd, 2016 Sandy Island, Carriacou 12°29.1’N, 61°28.9’W Crew: Erik, Kaiwen, Kyle, Max and Sue-quei. Everyone is healthy and happy, except Sue-quei has developed some sort of rash on the palms of her hands. We are trying anti-bacterial and anti-fungals, as well as keeping them dry and getting some UV on the hands. Ad Astra: All major systems operating well: diesel engines are running fine and both fuel tanks have over 7/8ths of tank, water maker is happily keeping the tanks full, but Kyle needs to replace the 5 and 20 micron filters tomorrow.