Friday
1414 - Feeling a bit like explorers these past couple of days, Team Audax stumbled upon a time capsule of past grandeur seen in
this photo (click to get full album). Talk about real estate potential…Triggs Huntington/St. John-Herrigel Enterprise may have found its location!!! With investment dollars beginning to pour into the island, I suspect 20 years from now the seeming misfortune of past efforts will be soon be found again. Alas no buried treasure unearthed or fountain of youth found, but we were all in awe and surely stepping lightly.
So the weather reports say continued 6-8 foot swells and winds steady from the East. A somewhat emotional meeting on
board Audax last night over routes, timing, agendas, and deadlines to make. With safe travel remaining 
paramount I dare say have a plan! Tomorrow it will be a motor east hugging the coast of Grand Bahama…Sunday we shall shoot south, bypass the Berry’s and make Nassau by nightfall. Wish us luck and to all of you…lots of love!
Our mode of transportation - skateboard for Stevey, legs for J and J. The Garden of the Grove photo album -abandoned as well, but with work being done to bring it back to life.
January 4th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Did you guys go shopping to pick out matching outfits or what? You appear to have matching key lime shirts, backpacks, etc., in addition to somewhat clashing red and orange vests or jackets. Haha, I guess you’re well into a phase of male bonding that many never experience.
Jordi, what happened to your photo albums? The most recent one I see is from Charleston-Beaufort or something. Your pics were great!
Keep up the good work on the blogs, all. Give us some more gritty sailing details! Haven’t you clogged the shit house lately or anything?
January 5th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
John–I take a daily sailing newsltr called “Scuttlebutt”—free—here is something interesting–Hank
BIG GOVERNMENT - BIG MESS
For 34 years the U.S. federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
exempted discharges from recreational boats from the Clean Water Act permit
system. A recent court ruling cancelled this permit exemption. EPA is
required by the court decision to develop and implement by September 30, 2008
a national permit system for ALL vessels in the United States for a variety
of normal operational discharges like grey water, engine cooling water and
deck runoff. BoatU.S. along with other industry groups has been working
behind the scenes to come up with a legislative fix for this huge problem. If
nothing is done to solve this issue, you will have to pay for a permit for
each boat that you operate including your dinghy, Laser, or motorboat in each
state! — Scuttleblog, read on:
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/blog/2008/01/big-government-big-mess.html