April 2019 - S/V Ah Ma

Klein Curacao, part 3 (A little help from our friends)

April 3, 2019 jkool Blog posts, Curacao, Sailing Ah Ma

The crisp and clean morning air was invigorating. And just bobbing around there on the calm waters in front of your private island was simply amazing. I took my morning shower by jumping off the transom into the crystal clear waters, lapping the boat to inspect the mooring and rinsing[…]

Klein Curacao, part 2 (Boat Hook)

April 1, 2019 jkool Blog posts, Curacao, Sailing Ah Ma

As we planned our approach we found that we couldn’t find a boat hook to grab the mooring line on the buoy. This put a bit of a dent in our mooring plans as there was no easy pickup from the front. We figured that if I would lead a long line from the front of the boat to the back, and lower the transom. We could just back into the buoy we could easily grab the line from the transom and hook on. The wind would then swing us around and we could pull in the line to an acceptable length from the bow. Sounds perfectly alright on paper, but it turned out to quite an exercise.