The program for the coming season has now been fixed. Osprey will be hauled during the first week of October at River Bend Marina – which is within a few hundred yards of the berth at Guava Island. Jonathan Walton and his son Finn will join John for the trip south from Florida to the BVI with a planned departure on the 3^rd of November. We will cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas then wait for a northerly, thence make an easting into the Atlantic before turning south for the BVI. The berth in the BVI has yet to be confirmed though we are hoping for a mooring at Sopers Hole. If this does not eventuate we will go further south to our usual berth at the Cat Club in Antigua and bring the vessel back up to the BVI for Anita when she joins. We will cruise the Virgin and adjacent Islands this season ending up again in Falmouth, Antigua for the race week. Osprey will then head across the Atlantic departing the Cat Club on the 16^th May for the Azores and then Smir in Morocco. Crew for the crossing will be Kuki, Daveena, Charles and John. We will spend about a week in the Azores en route.  Passage to the Azores should take about 16 days with further 7 days from the Azores to Smir – 6 knots being the hoped for passage speed.

Kind Regards

John