Slip Away

Slip Away is a 1978 Islander Freeport 41-foot sailing ketch designed by Bob Perry. Rich Crowell & Jan Schwab have owned Slip Away since 2001 and have cruised her since 2003.

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Posted: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 - 02:00

Day 29 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. We had very nice sailing conditions yesterday, but not so much today. Squalls, wind shifts, and rough seas. Crew is getting restless. 957 miles to go to the

Posted: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 - 03:18

Day 28 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. Not much to report. Conditions are good. All is well aboard. 1107 miles to go to the Bahamas.

Posted: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 - 02:09

Day 27 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. We're continuing to make good time, and covered 160 nautical miles in the past 24 hours, so our average speed was 6.7, which is fast for Slip Away. The wind is

Posted: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 - 00:33

Day 26 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. Plugging along. Another 150-mile day, so happy with progress. We are abeam of the Caribbean now, so that feels good! Wind has become more easterly

Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 - 01:18

Day 25 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Lively conditions again today. Slip Away seems to be enjoying it and has delivered two days of 150+ nautical miles. The crew is busy just holding on. All is

Posted: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 - 01:15

Day 24 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Winds are good. Seas still a little lumpy but not too bad. Slip Away is sailing along very nicely in these conditions. All is well. 1730 miles to go to the

Posted: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 - 01:03

Day 23 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Conditions have moderated and are definitely better, although it would be nice if the seas were a bit less jerky. We unreefed the headsail yesterday and shook

Posted: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 - 00:30

Day 22 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Conditions continue to be lively. Wind is quite manageable, seas are very lumpy and uncomfortable. We are expecting winds and seas to moderate in the next

Posted: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 - 01:33

Day 21 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Conditions are rough again this morning, but we did have several hours of pleasant sailing yesterday afternoon and evening - it's amazing how much nicer 15-20

Posted: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 - 01:42

Day 20 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Boisterous conditions, uncomfortable, but doing OK. Looks like we have a couple more days of this courtesy of a high pressure system north of us. Last night, we

Posted: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 - 00:54

Day 18 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. The Atlantic Ocean is not showing us her "kinder and gentler" side at the moment. With these winds and seas on our beam, it's pretty darn rough. We have reefed

Posted: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 - 01:09

Day 18 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. Good sailing winds and a helpful 1 knot current. Would be more comfortable if the winds and seas were on our stern instead of our beam, but we're happy to

Posted: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 - 01:12

Day 17 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Sorry there was no report yesterday. Winlink changed servers, and we were unable to send/receive email, but have that sorted now. We picked up sailing winds

Posted: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 - 23:54

Day 15 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. After reviewing yesterday's weather forecast, we decided our best option was to get north of the equator as quickly as possible, and here we are! We

Posted: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 - 04:12

Day 14 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. We are continuing to motor through the ITCZ / doldrums. Our weather files indicate that we should start getting northeasterly winds today which should

Posted: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 - 01:18

Day 13 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. We have continued to mostly motor through the doldrums, although we received a gift of 7 hours of wind yesterday afternoon/evening. It was so nice to turn off

Posted: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 - 01:21

Day 12 underway to the Caribbean/Bahamas. We are deep into the doldrums with no wind, so we are motoring and it's hotter than stink. We had a number of squalls dancing around us last night, but

Posted: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 - 00:18

Day 11 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. We've gotten into the doldrums, and winds are light, so we are motoring for now. We've got just over 600 miles to get to the equator, and hope we don't have to

Posted: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 - 01:30

Day 10 on passage to Caribbean/Bahamas. Back to light winds and slow sailing, but making forward progress. Had a good sailing breeze yesterday afternoon, but motored for a few hours overnight

Posted: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 01:12

Day 9 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. Sailing along nicely today. Had a few squalls yesterday evening, but only one was significant - nothing too much in terms of increased wind, but heavy rain

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