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: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 - 04:15

Anchored at Cathedral anchorage for the night. Rounded Cap D'Ambre (north tip of Madagascar) at noon today with good conditions and no drama. Celebrated another milestone tonight with champagne

Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 - 18:57

18 miles to go to Cap Ambre. Wind is good, speed is good, timing is good to go around at noon slack. Fingers crossed!

Posted: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 - 19:24

Heading north toward Cap D'Ambre. Wind was up and down yesterday, but we sailed all day. Around midnight, the wind started getting fluky (lots of shifts in direction and varying velocity), and seas

Posted: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 - 15:54

Will be leaving Ile Sainte Marie this morning and heading north. Looks like we have a good weather window in a couple of days to round Cap D'Ambre at the north end of Madagascar, so we want to take

Posted: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 - 01:45

Moved further north to a different anchorage today, and enjoyed the whale show along the way. Will stay here for a couple of nights and planning to leave on Sunday to sail north and around Cap

Posted: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 - 21:24

Anchored off the town of Ambodifototra, Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar. We had really nice sailing conditions last night, so arrived this morning. We rounded the southern end of the island shortly

Posted: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 - 19:45

Still sailing, although winds are lighter today and directly on our stern. Seas are OK, but they are a bit too much for the lack of wind, and the sails and rigging are slamming quite a bit, so we're

Posted: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 - 17:54

Departure from Reunion yesterday went smoothly - after leaving our berth, we topped off our diesel at the fuel dock and then got underway (about 24 hours ago). Have traveled about 130 miles so far

Posted: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 - 13:33

Heading out from Reunion this morning to Ile St. Marie on the east coast of Madagascar. If the forecast is right, this should be a nice passage - fingers crossed! The distance is 400 miles, and we

Posted: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 - 23:42

Arrived at Le Port Marina, Reunion Island at noon today. Passage was relatively easy, but mostly motoring - a total of 25 hours underway, only 9 of which we could sail. Very challenging docking

Posted: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 - 13:48

Ready to hit the high seas again (well, hopefully not too high). We've enjoyed two weeks here in Mauritius, but it's time to move on. We'll be leaving this morning for a 135-mile passage to La

Posted: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 - 01:03

Berthed at Le Caudan Marina, Port Louis, Mauritius. Formalities are completed with officials - lots of paperwork! The marina is a small basin with concrete walls (no docks), so we are quite happy

Posted: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 - 15:09

Arrived Mauritius late last night and dropped our anchor off the west coast of the island just before midnight. We had a celebratory beer and then headed to bed. This is an open roadstead

Posted: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 - 18:18

In the home stretch and conditions are still good. Last night was MUCH nicer than the previous one, with no squalls, a moon for a good part of the night and lots of stars. Going more slowly than we

Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 - 21:09

We left Rodrigues yesterday around noon, expecting somewhat boisterous conditions, and that's what we got - 25-30 knots of wind and 4+ meter seas. But, it was a sunny day, Slip Away was handling it

Posted: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 - 14:15

After a very enjoyable month here in Rodrigues, we are heading out today to Port Louis, Mauritius. This is a 350-mile trip, which we expect will take about 3 days, and we'll be traveling in company

Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 - 01:51

Anchored at Port Mathurin, Rodrigues Island. 2000 mile passage completed in 14 days, 10 hours. Although we had a little rough weather along the way, we could not have asked for a better passage on

Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 - 17:30

Almost there! 27 miles to go. Champagne in the fridge. All is well.

Posted: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 - 16:57

Day 14 underway to Rodrigues. Moving along quite nicely, although seas are lumpy (what else is new?!). Skies have cleared up a bit. Saw some stars last night, and Rich caught a glimpse of the

Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 17:18

Day 13 underway to Rodrigues. Fairly rough at the moment, but tolerable. Big swell on our port quarter. Long period between the swells, so not a lot of bashing, but every once in a while, we get a

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