Epstein Secrets

Our current position is N 15.52 and W 48.29, winds are 14 to 16 knots, and we are reaching under spinnaker, main, and mizzen. We have 780 miles to Antigua. The engine has not ben turned on since the Cape Verdes. Not much to write today, save for the recent, frequent visits from "man on a boats" best fr

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

nd in the Cape Verde's. We are some 400 miles off the coast 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 h

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

over our port rather =han starboard as they are beginning to shift 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 ye

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

a little help from a tactician na=ed Whidden, and a helmsman named Campbell James). 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

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