Neptune's Highway

Bruce and Laura have been sailing together for 30 years, mostly in the Caribbean but including New England and western Mediterranean. They purchased Pacific Hwy, a Davidson 44 sloop, in California in April 2012, did the 2012 Baja Haha to Mexico and the 2013 Puddle Jump to the South Pacific. Our plan for the 2016 season: Sail from Australia to New Caledonia. Visit Vanuatu and Solomons and continue on to Palau. 2017, Indonesia. 2018 Haulout and refit in Malaysia. Planning to cross the Indian Ocean in 2019! Oh! And since we're leaving the Pacific behind, we've changed our name to Neptune's Highway!

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Posted: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 - 13:15

Sunday, May 31, 9:00pm WE'RE HERE! Sorry I didn't update yesterday. We dropped the hook in Fishing Bay, near Deltaville yesterday at 6:00pm. The 35 miles from the entrance to the Chesapeake to here

Posted: Fri, 29 May 2020 - 01:03

Thursday, May 28, 8:45am AST DAY 7 Back to wing and wing sailing and heading north. We'll have to jibe eventually, maybe before dark. Sun goes down at 8:45. Winds still around 10 kts apparent so

Posted: Thu, 28 May 2020 - 21:03

Wednesday, May 28, 3:30 pm AST DAY6 still cruising along with light winds on the beam. The wind is supposed to fill in today but hasn't happened yet. Expecting 20+ as we cross the Gulf Stream but it

Posted: Tue, 26 May 2020 - 22:24

Tuesday May 26, 0600 Day 5 I did not post our position yesterday as I was not sure if anyone was getting them. Thank you, Liberty Bryer, for the confirmation. Yesterday was brilliant! We were so

Posted: Mon, 25 May 2020 - 01:45

Sunday, May 24, 9:30am AST DAY3 Yesterday was pretty much a repeat of the day before. In our excitement Friday evening of having wind forward of the beam, we packed away the spinnaker and pole. With

Posted: Mon, 25 May 2020 - 00:33

Friday May 22, Day 1 Due to COVID-19, all countries in the Caribbean are closed except USVI. Hurricane season officially starts June 1, although Arthur came to the party 2 weeks early. Rather than

Posted: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 - 04:51

Thursday, March 12, 11:30 am FINAL LEG! We had to leave Nevis because we were having too much fun and rum with the Maceks. We hope they will stop at St. John next month when they make their annual

Posted: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 - 11:15

Sunday, March 8, 6:00pm The anchor is down in NEVIS! In the past 30 hours we've sailed by Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Montserrat. We would be in the lee of the island, then winds would

Posted: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 - 00:54

Saturday, March 7, 8:00 am ON THE ROAD AGAIN! Back on Neptune's highway after a lovely, restful 3 day respite in Rodney Bay. We are on our way to Nevis, where we went to get married 35 years ago

Posted: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 - 12:09

Wednesday, March 4th, 7:00pm This morning we moved into the marina for the full-on decadent experience! There is a regular Wednesday ladies lunch gathering so Laura went and met some great cruisers

Posted: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 - 00:27

Tuesday, March 3, 7:15am DAY 26. ANCHOR DOWN, St. Lucia 3900 miles. 26 days, beer and burrito for breakfast. 'Nuff said. Sent from Iridium Mail & Web.

Posted: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 - 09:36

Monday, March 2, 4:00pm DAY 25, How Slow Can You Go. Anothrer great 24 hours of sailing behind us. Although the crew did get some major wind shifts in the wee hours and had to wake the captain to

Posted: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 - 08:15

Sunday, March 1,5:00 pm DAY 23 Same-o Same-o We are loving this Caribbean weather. Perfect air temperature, 14 knots of wind aft of the beam, lots od cloud cover but they are the white, fluffy kind

Posted: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 - 10:39

Saturday, February 29,5:00 pm DAY 22. Almost there! ETA Mar. 3. Another gorgeous day. The pattern has been 17 kts of wind in the morning which is a bit lively, then it mellows out to 11 kts in the

Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 21:09

Friday, February 28, 6:00am DAY 21 Still cruising along with 14 kts on the beam. Another starry night. No rain. Our average speed since midnight has been 6.9. Not too shabby. Hard to believe we've

Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 08:12

Thursday, February 27, 5:00 pm DAY 21 Last night was so clear and, with no moon, perfect for stargazing. We've had no boat traffic for most of this trip but last night we had two cargo ships on AIS

Posted: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 - 10:33

Wednesday, February 26, 7:00 pm DAY 20. Today was gorgeous. We finally shook out the second reef and are sailing with one reef in the mainsail and full jib with 11-13 kts wind. We are able to sail

Posted: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 - 10:12

Tuesday, February 25, 4:00 pm DAY 19. Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Connor Masterson's Birthday! The winds came down, as forecasted, around 11:00 last night. Today the seas are MUCH mellower and we are on

Posted: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 - 03:06

Monday, February 24, Noon DAY 18. This is our longest passage ever. It took 17 days to sail from the Canary Islands to St. John in 1996. We were on a 44 ft. catamaran with our crew, Maren Masterson

Posted: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 - 07:06

Sunday, February 23, 4:00pm DAY 17 After about 12 hours of more boisterous conditions than we like, the wind came down and we are close reaching with about 14 kts. We still have a double reef in the

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