1,500 Miles of Blue
Delivery of Sea Pearl ~1500nm from Tortola, BVI to the New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI, May 2022
Saturday, May 21st 2022 we flew down to USVI and caught the ferry over to Tortola, BVI.
We met “Sea Pearl”, a 54’ Hylas owned by Jeff Gronning (MMSI 338215118).
The Delivery Crew
Marcus Cholerton-Brown, Todd & Malisa Neville, Tony Ramos and Tom Speyer.
Waypoints
Todd
still fresh out of BVI.
Malisa
enjoying the wind
Tony and Marcus enjoying an afternoon off shift, fishing pole out! They totally planned their outfits.
Fisherman Marcus!
Dinner for 2 nights
Heading: 000 degrees
North!
A whole lot of nothing above the BVI’s…no traffic, no radio, no AIS targets, just a lot of blue. Bermuda triangle!
The sunsets were amazing!
Tony at the helm
Tom on standby, another terrible evening. :-)
Sun protection was a must
After the squall
Had a little rain and lightning on Malisa’s shift just north of Bermuda.
Getting into the rhythm
Meal Prep
One cabinet had all the plates and constantly emptied 100% of the contents on the tired sailor who cracked it open, which happened at least 6 or 7 times throughout the trip.
Marcus on standby and Tom driving - another rough day.
The Jeff Reed shirt made a guest appearance.
24 x 9
We sailed 24 hours a day for ~9 days straight.
ON: 3 hours
The first 1.5 hours you were on watch, the next 1.5 you were on standby. In each shift, you spent the first half with the person before you and the next half with the person after you.
OFF: 4.5 hours
Sleep/eat for 4.5 hours, then back on the watch/standby routine.
Full crew together mid-ocean for a sunset and dinner together.
THERE IS NOT AN APP FOR THIS
360 degree Cerulean Blue
“Deep blue in color, as where the ocean blends seamlessly to the sky on a clear day”
The calm between two winches
Gliding through glass
Perfectly smooth all the way to the horizon in every direction.
We arrived at the entrance to Newport Harbor on May 31st at about 4 am. The tall masts of Newport Shipyard guided us towards the New York Yacht Club, where we initally pulled up alongside and opened a beer as we waited to be cleared for customs. We then put the boat on a mooring and headed up to a civilized afternoon sitting “on top of the grass hill”. We did a bit of shopping in Newport, had a great 24 hours and then headed back to NYC.
Never tasted better
5 am beer, totally worth it
We clean up ok
Relaxing at the NYYC helped
Why Yes,
we just sailed that here from Tortola
Sea Pearl is just behind the flagpole
