Lines on boats are subject to lots of wear and tear over the years. Almost all of our running rigging has been replaced, some of them multiple times. If you simply pull an old line out, you will have a hell of a time getting your new line in! This is why it is best…
We purchased our boat new from the Fountaine Pajot factory. The boat buying process was long and challenging, and there were a variety of things we opted to do aftermarket instead of through the factory. Outfitting our boat to cruise around the world was done in several stages. Four Stages to Outfit our Boat First,…
The anchor set up is one of the most critical points on the boat. The system has to hold a lot of weight when winds pick up, and Starry Horizons is no light-weight speedster. Here’s what we’ve done to make our anchoring system as good as possible. Anchor Bridle Our bridle set up is 1″…
After five weeks in Miami commissioning our new boat with our broker and tackling a few other projects, we left the Miami River bound for Palmetto Florida. We departed Sunday, March 1st. Passing through the 75-foot fixed bridges and bascule bridges on the Miami River was uneventful, and we enjoyed saying goodbye to landmarks we’ve…
Although Starry Horizons was officially documented, she arrived into Miami with no name adorning her bow and stern. The lettering was affixed in Miami, and we opted to christen her before she left on her next passage around to Palmetto. Christening Ceremony for a Boat Thankfully the 5,500 nm we’d sailed on her was fairly…
We made it! On January 20th we tied up to the dock in Miami, Florida after 26 days at sea from Las Palmas, Canaries. We feel quite accomplished having sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. Stats Now that our feet have been on solid ground for a few days, it’s time to…
We have now completed almost 1,500nm on Starry Horizons and are happy to report that all the issues we’ve been having are relatively minor. So for those of you hoping for stories about having to climb the mast in 30 knots of wind to retrieve a halyard, we can’t share those with you (yet, we still…
After spending a good portion of the day at the Fountaine Pajot factory yesterday, we got up early on October 29th excited to launch our new boat! We arrived at the factory at 8 am. It was a bit like prom; we had four iPhones, one iPad, a camera, and a GoPro all snapping away….