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It, the archaic ship, shall have lost itself on seas where my unchecked dreams will bathe, and its immense masts shall have become indistinct in the fogs of a heaven of Bible and Sacred Song. And this won’t be the…
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Sunday 9th November – Day Eight The place where we believe Columbus anchored is a tongue of Great Inagua jutting northwest into the sea. Just inside its west coast offering an open roadstead and a sandy bottom, there is a…
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Saturday 8th November – Day Seven Left Abraham’s bay at 3 AM as planned. The forecast southeast wind came from the south, obliging us to motor almost all the way from Mayaguana to the north point of Great Inagua which…
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Arose at 5 AM. Departed Abraham’s Bay around 6. Found the wind set against us and after an hour’s attempt to head to Hogsty, concluded that it would be impossible to reach the atoll in daylight. So we turned around…
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Earth leads by earth but you, O sea, lead by heaven. With what security of light of silver and gold do the stars mark for us the route! One would say that earth is the road of the body; that…
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Wednesday, November 5th – Day Four   Sheltered from the harsh wind, we spent a peaceful night tucked into Stubb’s Creek near Leeward Going Through, Provo. Main sail and jib were up at 8am, wind was from the northeast and…
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Monday 3 November  – Day Two We benefited from a calm night in Hawk’s Nest Anchorage while a high wind lashed Grand Turk from the North East and giant ocean rollers battered Grand Turk’s entire western shore. This morning we…
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Sunday 2nd November Day One Our day began at 5.47 with casting off from a friends dock at Leeward. Tim cast us off and Captain Dave directed Destiny out Leeward Cut to skirt the Caicos Islands to the North with…
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