Caribbean Sailing Adventure 2015 -- The Wallace Family
Wallace's Sailing Adventure on "Arbella"
Mike and Vicki Wallace
Sat 21 Mar 2015 15:09
The "Arbella Caribbean Sailing Adventure 2015" is underway. Shawn's family, Nani, and Poppi all headed down south…escaping the snow and cold…for Spring Break! Leaving our Annapolis home at 5:30am…and ending with an 8-seater plane from San Juan to Beef Island, Tortola, we arrived in the BVI's. "Arbella" was waiting for us at Nanny Cay, Tortola. After provisioning and settling aboard, the "Safety Briefing" was held, and then Captain Poppi reviewed the POD (plan of the day) and passed out the "Qualification Cards". So here is what the crew signed up for (or did they "get volunteered"!!): Alex (aka "the Great") to qualify in "Celestial Navigation"; Nate (aka "Alligator") to qualify as "Crew of Arbella" (this is the big qual that Alex completed last year); and Issy (aka :"Kitty") to qualify as both "Helmsman" (under Nani's guidance) and "Dinghy Captain" (under Poppi's guidance). The crew used the afternoon to get re-familiar with Arbella and to check out the beach and surroundings in Nanny Cay. And the "Adventure" begins….
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