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y time. I do not know why, but dolphins always look so darn carefree and happy. I want to write a quick "shout out" for Jon Barrett, the manager of Bequia. When you build a custom yacht, you need to be very aware, that delivery of your new boat just means you need to start immediately to renovate (and
idance, Bequia has changed pumps, hydraulics, and remounted much of her mechanics. Jon has suggested many other improvements. In addition to finding Seumas and handling the boats finances, Jon has made Bequia a better boat, and has made her pure pleasure for the owner. Jon has also been part of rebuild
From: Jes Staley <. To: Jes Staley <. Subject: Atlantic Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:41:55 +0000 I arrived a few hours ago. Bequia is docked in the harbor of Mlndelo, the main port town of Sao Vicente, an Island in the Cape Verde's. We are some 400 miles off the coast of Senegal
of Senegale and with a latitude of 16.53' N, we are pretty much a straight shot west to Antigua, our destination on the other side of the Atlantic. Seumas, Bequia's captain, asked me to bring a spare, raw water pump for the main engine, a 350 hp Cummins. Bequia is now primed and ready for her long jour
ift to the south, and we are a li=tle north of the straight line (the rhumb line) to Antigua. We added the =taysail to the mizzen, main and yankee (Bequia's full suite) and are doing=9 to 10 knots. Water tanks are full, fuel is good, and yes, tuna for dinner. Jes Staley Blue Mountain Capital This e-
a crew member took a deep cut along his hand. It was a bl=ody day. We have two, suitcase size, medical kits that could supply a field hospital= and Seumas pays for a medical team in the UK to be on call for us. So wi=h a doctor's guidance, we cleansed the cuts, poured on the antiseptics, th= iodine, ga
aware, that delivery o= your new boat just means you need to start immediately to renovate (and = don't care who builds her). Under Jon's guidance, Bequia has changed pum=s, hydraulics, and remounted much of her mechanics. Jon has suggested many=other improvements. In addition to finding Seumas and han
idance, Bequia has changed pum=s, hydraulics, and remounted much of her mechanics. Jon has suggested many=other improvements. In addition to finding Seumas and handling the boats f=nances, Jon has made Bequia a better boat, and has made her pure pleasure =or the owner. Jon has also been part of rebuild
book), blowing off huge volumes of ocean from her bow. Big white w=ves could be seen coming to our stern, and the auto helm groaned trying torkeep Bequia straight. You do your watch in foul weather gear, a safety harness with an inflatable=life jacket, and if you leave the cockpit, you tether yoursel
ker up, going at a good clip. I ended last night with the crew having a cup of tea, under grey skies and =ome rain. Shortly after I sent the note, Seumas asked that we bring the s=innaker down, as it looked a little worse. No soon as we had the big sail=on deck to be bagged, the wind hit. Most sailor
oys of the Brooklin Boat Yard. Some seven years ago, Deb and I commissioned the Brooklin Boat Yard to buil= a 91' yawl. In the early summer of 2009 Bequia was lowered into the wate=s of Center Harbor, and as a wooden boat, joined the fleet of wooden boats=built under the direction of the White family.
s). We are arriving in the next hours to anchor in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua, af=er an eleven day crossing of the great Atlantic Ocean, captained by Seumas=Meharg. We are sailing under yankee, staysail, main, and mizzen. For her =wner, the crossing was fulfilling an adventure harbored for years. I hope
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Jes Staley
PERSONBlueMountain Capital Management
ORGANIZATIONBlue Mountain Capital
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Antigua
LOCATIONJon Barrett
PERSONthe Cape Verdes
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Atlantic Ocean
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