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  • If You Don\’t Go….You Won\’t Go!…..

    January 15th, 2014
    Chaguaramas, Trinidad – (-4 on UTC)

    If You Don’t Go….You Wont Go!…..

    This is exactly how it has felt these last few weeks since we arrived back in Trinidad to start the 2014 sailing season. Firstly, the boat was brought onto the hard,(dry dock) for the bi-annual bottom scrape & paint in addition to transmission and through-hull maintenance. Then we had an unscheduled delay of having to go back to the States for a week or so after I needed some medical tests done. No worries, it\’s all good! The bonus of that short trip was a quick stopover with friends Debbie and Leon in their gorgeous West Palm Beach, Florida home. It was nice being able to welcome in 2014 with them. Hugs and kisses to Duffy, Deb\’s Mum too!

    While in Florida, we even managed to slip in a couple of days at Disney World in Orlando. It was great fun and got Scott in touch with his inner child which is always worth seeing. En route back to Miami, we stopped in Jupiter, Florida to visit friends of Scott\’s parents – Bob & Cyra Lewis and Grandson Sam.

    Finally upon our return to Trinidad in the new year we have done some last touristy bits, including a hike up to the old WW2 tracking station and Bamboo Cathedral in Tucker Valley on the north side of the island.

    With all bottom scraping, water-maker refurb, transmission, steering hydraulics overhauled, decks scrubbed, hulls waxed and even a new washing machine installed – its time to check out with Trinidad Customs and Immigration here in Chaguaramas. Shortly, we\’ll untie the dock lines and head off around the Northwest corner of Trinidad to Scotland Bay anchorage. This will give us an opportunity to test all our systems before leaving at \’0’dark-thirty\’ tomorrow morning for Prickly Bay, Grenada.

    Funny enough, this first jolly North, which should take us about 12 hours (85 miles) in total, will be one of the longest passages we’ll have this season. The long voyages and mammoth provisioning requirements of the last few years are for the most part a distant memory now until the boat goes through the Panama Canal; most likely next year.

    This season as well – we hope to have reasonable internet so we can post photos as we go along.

    So in the words of Mark Twain… \”Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover\’. And in the words of Scott Stolnitz, \”If you don\’t go…you won\’t go\”!….:-)

    We’re off again
    Nikki & Scott

  • If You Don\’t Go….You Won\’t Go!…..

    January 15th, 2014
    Chaguaramas, Trinidad – (-4 on UTC)

    If You Don’t Go….You Wont Go!…..

    This is exactly how it has felt these last few weeks since we arrived back in Trinidad to start the 2014 sailing season. Firstly, the boat was brought onto the hard,(dry dock) for the bi-annual bottom scrape & paint in addition to transmission and through-hull maintenance. Then we had an unscheduled delay of having to go back to the States for a week or so after I needed some medical tests done. No worries, it\’s all good! The bonus of that short trip was a quick stopover with friends Debbie and Leon in their gorgeous West Palm Beach, Florida home. It was nice being able to welcome in 2014 with them. Hugs and kisses to Duffy, Deb\’s Mum too!

    While in Florida, we even managed to slip in a couple of days at Disney World in Orlando. It was great fun and got Scott in touch with his inner child which is always worth seeing. En route back to Miami, we stopped in Jupiter, Florida to visit friends of Scott\’s parents – Bob & Cyra Lewis and Grandson Sam.

    Finally upon our return to Trinidad in the new year we have done some last touristy bits, including a hike up to the old WW2 tracking station and Bamboo Cathedral in Tucker Valley on the north side of the island.

    With all bottom scraping, water-maker refurb, transmission, steering hydraulics overhauled, decks scrubbed, hulls waxed and even a new washing machine installed – its time to check out with Trinidad Customs and Immigration here in Chaguaramas. Shortly, we\’ll untie the dock lines and head off around the Northwest corner of Trinidad to Scotland Bay anchorage. This will give us an opportunity to test all our systems before leaving at \’0’dark-thirty\’ tomorrow morning for Prickly Bay, Grenada.

    Funny enough, this first jolly North, which should take us about 12 hours (85 miles) in total, will be one of the longest passages we’ll have this season. The long voyages and mammoth provisioning requirements of the last few years are for the most part a distant memory now until the boat goes through the Panama Canal; most likely next year.

    This season as well – we hope to have reasonable internet so we can post photos as we go along.

    So in the words of Mark Twain… \”Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover\’. And in the words of Scott Stolnitz, \”If you don\’t go…you won\’t go\”!….:-)

    We’re off again
    Nikki & Scott

  • POSITION REPORT – Begin 2014

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/01/13 14:37
    LATITUDE: 10-40.82N
    LONGITUDE: 061-37.92W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 1
    WIND_DIR: 340T
    CLOUDS: 90%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1014
    AIR_TEMP: 27.2C
    COMMENT: Beach House – Chaguaramas, Trinidad – Preparing to depart for Grenada

    This is a test of the new WordPress Remote Posting for Position Reports.
    We are preparing to leave for Grenada around the 15th of January.
    Stand by, Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Begin 2014

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/01/13 14:37
    LATITUDE: 10-40.82N
    LONGITUDE: 061-37.92W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 1
    WIND_DIR: 340T
    CLOUDS: 90%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1014
    AIR_TEMP: 27.2C
    COMMENT: Beach House – Chaguaramas, Trinidad – Preparing to depart for Grenada

    This is a test of the new WordPress Remote Posting for Position Reports.
    We are preparing to leave for Grenada around the 15th of January.
    Stand by, Scott and Nikki

  • Remote \”Ship\’s Blog\” Posting System Test……

    January 13, 2014

    Dear F&F,

    We\’re getting ready to go and tweaking up the systems. We hope to be off mid week for Grenada. Please ignore this post as it is just a test to see if we can \”post a blog\” while \”at sea\” vs. on the internet directly.

    This is a test of the new wordpress remote posting for a Ship\’s Blog.

    Stand by, more soon!

    Scott & Nikki

  • Remote \”Ship\’s Blog\” Posting System Test……

    January 13, 2014

    Dear F&F,

    We\’re getting ready to go and tweaking up the systems. We hope to be off mid week for Grenada. Please ignore this post as it is just a test to see if we can \”post a blog\” while \”at sea\” vs. on the internet directly.

    This is a test of the new wordpress remote posting for a Ship\’s Blog.

    Stand by, more soon!

    Scott & Nikki

  • Happy Thanksgiving – All Caught up…….Well, Almost!

    28 November 2013 – Redondo Beach, California

    Dear Friends & Family of S/V Beach House!

    Happy Thanksgiving and first day of Hanukkah to you and yours, at home or far away…….
    Of note, our US Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah will not occur on the same day for another 70,000 years!…

    I\’ve caught up 95% of what I\’ll post before the end of the year. I\’m only missing two land trips. One in Southern California and one in Australia.  They were great fun and I\’ll share as soon as I can.  But here\’s a few as a teaser….:-)

    Tomorrow night, I\’ll be headed back to Trinidad and have a very busy schedule. I will be hauling the boat out of the water on Monday for a week to complete the bi-annual maintenance, bottom paint, service the sail drives and lots more.

    Nikki will arrive the third week of December and re-escape the cold of Norfolk, England.  Right around January 1st, we should depart for the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.  I suspect we\’ll head north and visit the BVI, USVI, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, The Bahamas and end up in Florida.  All plans are of course written in the sand at low tide.

    Next update around Christmastime!….

    Thanks for all your support and wishes, please feel free to write, I enjoy hearing from you all!

    KIT, Scott with Nikki soon to return…..

     

  • New Website Makeover – S/V \”Beach House\”…….

    Dear Friends of Sailing Vessel \”Beach House\”…….

    You are receiving this email as a current subscriber – friend or family of Scott Stolnitz and s/v \”Beach House\”.

    We’ve done major updating and renovation to the website at: www.svbeachhouse.com

    We have a whole new look and more robust navigation tools:  Hover your mouse above any menu at the top of the toolbar and enjoy!

    I am currently updating the website to get up to date on our PHOTO GALLERIES.  I’ve posted many new galleries all about our land touring, African explorations and sails from Richard’s Bay, South Africa to Cape Town, South Africa and on to the islands of Trinidad & Tobago.

    I will be posting many more new PHOTO GALLERIES within the next few weeks. These will be done in reverse order to show you the most current photos and experiences first.

    We now have a SLIDE SHOW feature on all of our galleries. It\’s instructions are at the top of each photo page.

    As of today, you are subscribed to receive email notices of new posts from:  www.svbeachhouse.com

    You can SELF MANAGE your email subscription anonymously.  AS ALWAYS, YOUR EMAIL WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE!  You will notice that you can manage your email subscriptions on each and every email you receive from me in the future, including this one.  If you have “friended” me on FACEBOOK, you will continue to get posts via the FACEBOOK social media system.

    Each post will send you a brief email with a link to click it and be taken to it directly.  For the next few weeks, you’ll be receiving 1 or 2 each day.  After that, only when something new is posted.

    For those of you who would prefer to use FACEBOOK, you can send a message to Scott Stolnitz via the FACEBOOK system.  This will generate a \”friend request\”. You will then receive notification of new posts via the FACEBOOK social media.  You can receive notifications via email, FACEBOOK or both; that’s entirely up to you.

    Nikki and I are tentatively planning on sailing through the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean this coming season, starting in January.

    Please feel free to leave a comment or send an email; I’d love to hear from all of you!

    Explore and Enjoy!

    Scott Stolnitz

  • New Website Makeover – S/V \”Beach House\”…….

    Dear Friends of Sailing Vessel \”Beach House\”…….

    You are receiving this email as a current subscriber – friend or family of Scott Stolnitz and s/v \”Beach House\”.

    We’ve done major updating and renovation to the website at: www.svbeachhouse.com

    We have a whole new look and more robust navigation tools:  Hover your mouse above any menu at the top of the toolbar and enjoy!

    I am currently updating the website to get up to date on our PHOTO GALLERIES.  I’ve posted many new galleries all about our land touring, African explorations and sails from Richard’s Bay, South Africa to Cape Town, South Africa and on to the islands of Trinidad & Tobago.

    I will be posting many more new PHOTO GALLERIES within the next few weeks. These will be done in reverse order to show you the most current photos and experiences first.

    We now have a SLIDE SHOW feature on all of our galleries. It\’s instructions are at the top of each photo page.

    As of today, you are subscribed to receive email notices of new posts from:  www.svbeachhouse.com

    You can SELF MANAGE your email subscription anonymously.  AS ALWAYS, YOUR EMAIL WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE!  You will notice that you can manage your email subscriptions on each and every email you receive from me in the future, including this one.  If you have “friended” me on FACEBOOK, you will continue to get posts via the FACEBOOK social media system.

    Each post will send you a brief email with a link to click it and be taken to it directly.  For the next few weeks, you’ll be receiving 1 or 2 each day.  After that, only when something new is posted.

    For those of you who would prefer to use FACEBOOK, you can send a message to Scott Stolnitz via the FACEBOOK system.  This will generate a \”friend request\”. You will then receive notification of new posts via the FACEBOOK social media.  You can receive notifications via email, FACEBOOK or both; that’s entirely up to you.

    Nikki and I are tentatively planning on sailing through the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean this coming season, starting in January.

    Please feel free to leave a comment or send an email; I’d love to hear from all of you!

    Explore and Enjoy!

    Scott Stolnitz

  • Website Being Updated Now!…..

    November 4th, 2013

    Many of you may have noticed our \”new look\”.

    Feel free to keep on exploring and we hope you like the new features to aid in searches.

    Hover your mouse on the titlebars in the tool bar and you will see extensive drop down menus.

    ALL THE OLD VIDEOS SHOULD NOW WORK AS WELL….DIRECTLY OFF THE NEW SITE LINK ABOVE.

    Our original website is still linkable on the right side above and will remain so.

    I\’m adding new photos (YES FINALLY NEW PHOTOS!) in reverse order till I get caught up.

    There will be self \”subscribe and unsubscribe\” features added and I will send a post out within two weeks to tell you all about the new features.

    In the meanwhile, ENJOY!….

    Please drop me a note to let me know your comments on the new format, etc.

    Scott with soon to rejoin me in Trindad….Nikki!