In the Caribbean, Not Cruising, But Sailing

In January the Vogler Siblings and spouses went cruising, not on small boats, but with Viking Cruise Lines. We made calls in 8 Caribbean ports and had a fabulous visit to each.

Back row is Bill Vogler, Jill Rendleman, the chef, Cynthia Weller, Jeff Doherty, Barbie Doherty

Seated row is Jim Weller, Linda Vogler, Rick Brown

As part of our cruise, we had a day long catamaran adventures from St. Kitt to Nevis, and another to snorkeling sites and a beach in St Maarten, with Jim and a Linda Vogler.

St. Ma

The  island of Nevis

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That's What Friends Are For

Our main sail had troubled us all the way down the coast, refusing to pull out at all on the last leg of travel. On a day sail, we had to face the fact that the sail was thoroughly and miserably jammed and we needed help. Friends, Rich, Luke, and Tim, came through with lots of muscle, equipment, and advice. Rick was up the mast for almost 2 hours, pushing, pulling, prodding, while Luke and Cookie manned the cockpit lines, 2 safety lines, inhaul, outhaul, boom vang and main halyard. Tim and Rich provided and rocking pressure to coordinate with Rick's efforts.

After almost two hours, success! OK, so we had to patch 8 small rips with tape, but we have our mainsail once again. 

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