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: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 - 23:03

Docked at the Marina at Ortega Landing in Jacksonville, FL. Rich's brother and our sister-in-law live in Jacksonville, and several family members will be joining us here next weekend to celebrate

Posted: Fri, 31 May 2019 - 07:42

Anchored in Jacksonville near downtown (nice anchorage in front of the Baptist Hospital). We had a good overnight passage from Ft. Pierce - mostly motoring but a few hours of sailing early this

Posted: Wed, 29 May 2019 - 08:33

Departed Stuart this morning and motored north along the ICW to Fort Pierce. Anchored near the Fort Pierce inlet for the night, and plan to leave at first light tomorrow, heading offshore for an

Posted: Tue, 14 May 2019 - 06:57

  Anchored at Pendarvis Cove,  Stuart,  FL.  Had a very peaceful night last night anchored in Hobe Sound.  Motored about 17 miles along the ICW today,  and it was much more pleasant than yesterday!  

Posted: Mon, 13 May 2019 - 07:51

We did it! When we arrived at the Lake Worth Inlet this morning, we crossed our outbound track from Dec 30, 2008, and completed our circumnavigation! We anchored in West Palm Beach for a couple

Posted: Sat, 11 May 2019 - 11:06

Anchored at Bird Cay in the southern part of the Berry Islands. Had a delightful sail here today - beam reach, 10-12 knots of wind and gentle seas. Barring anything unforeseen, this will be our

Posted: Fri, 10 May 2019 - 09:42

Anchored at West Bay, New Providence Island (Nassau). Arrived here late afternoon and will depart early tomorrow morning for Chub Cay. Chris Parker (our local weather guru) says the weather in the

Posted: Sat, 4 May 2019 - 04:54

Moored at Cambridge Cay in the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park. Had a nice sail north from Staniel Cay this morning. Heading out to do some snorkeling this afternoon. Beautiful white sand beaches on

Posted: Thu, 2 May 2019 - 03:09

Anchored at Big Majors Spot near Staniel Cay. Weather is still a bit unsettled, but should start improving tomorrow. Will probably go visit "Pig Beach" this afternoon.

Posted: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 10:27

Had another lovely sail today - moved from Rudder Cut Cay to Black Point Settlement. We are expecting some strong easterly winds and rain over the next few days, and we'll hang out here until that

Posted: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 - 07:42

Departed Georgetown this morning and had a lovely sail to Rudder Cut Cay. Georgetown was a good spot to take care of some business, but we're happy to have moved on to a quieter spot. The anchorage

Posted: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 - 00:45

Anchored off Stocking Island in Elizabeth Harbor (Georgetown) in the Exumas (Bahamas). We arrived here from Mayaguana Island late yesterday afternoon after an overnight trip, which was a mix of

Posted: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 - 01:30

We woke up yesterday, looked at the weather and decided to move on. Our break at Mayaguana was nice to catch up on some sleep and a few boat chores, but the weather was settling down, and we were

Posted: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 - 01:45

We moved from the west anchorage to the east anchorage in Abraham's Bay on Mayaguana Island late yesterday morning once the sun was higher in the sky and we could more easily read the water. The

Posted: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 - 02:03

Anchored the west anchorage at Mayaguana Island in the Southern Bahamas at 0930 local time. 4600 miles, 34 days + 5 1/2 hours after departing St. Helena Island! As expected, this anchorage is a

Posted: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 - 01:24

Day 34 underway to the Bahamas. Beautiful sailing conditions this morning. Winds were a little light yesterday evening, so we motored for a bit to keep our speed up. Winds are expected to build

Posted: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 - 02:21

Day 33 underway to the Bahamas. Winds have lightened up, so our speed has dropped a bit, but we're still plugging along. ETA Mayaguana on Friday, and if necessary, will apply horsepower to make

Posted: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 - 02:09

Day 32 underway to the Bahamas. Not much to report. Sailing along nicely and we still have a 1/2 knot of favorable current. Seeing more cargo ships on AIS. Spoke yesterday on the radio to the

Posted: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 - 02:15

Day 31 underway to Bahamas. Sailing conditions have been excellent the past couple of days. We are continuing to make good progress, and Slip Away is starting to smell the barn. At this point

Posted: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 - 02:09

Day 30 underway to Caribbean/Bahamas. After a frustrating morning of squalls yesterday, the skies cleared about mid-day and we've been having beautiful sailing conditions ever since. We're enjoying

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