Setting Sail for Azores - Weds. May 18

The Bourne's are coming, the Bourne's are coming! Rick and Lennie joined Jenee and I in Bermuda for the 1800 mile passage to the Azores. Rick told Lennie he was bringing her to Bermuda for a little R&R then said "Hey look, there's Jim and Jenee on Jungle, let's go for a ride!"

Hey look there's an exposed power cord, I'll go lick it and see if it's hot!

We leave Bermuda in a couple of hours and if you'd like to follow along you can link to the following: (it's a tad anal)

Go to: http://www.worldcruising.com/

On the right side of the screen, select ARC Europe.

Once in, on the right side, select "Fleet Viewer Click Here"

Once in the Fleet Viewer, select, **Click here to go to the fleet viewer for ARC Europe 2011** It will show our course and where Jungle is located.

We'll provide other updates as well. Talk to you next from the Azores! Ciao.


Jenee is giddy with excitement as we are in the supermarket to provision - she digs food.

We even had time for a rescue mission. Sanders and Lisa, sailing on S/V Lady Lisa had their dinghy engine fail. They're a lovely Swiss couple and we were happy to help as that is what cruisers do - help each other. We towed them to and from the ARC Rally office. Jungle to the rescue!

Linda's gone and it's time to get to work and back up the mast. So, what do we do? We send up Jenee, what you think I'm going up? It's scary up there. Did I mention I scored more than 1,000,000 on Spasmo Invaders Video game? You don't see that kind of talent every day. But again, I digress.

The Captain and Admiral are strolling along Front Street in Hamilton as it's time to think about provisioning for a 14 day sail to the Azores. Or maybe it's time to just canoodle walking hand in hand. Gosh I love me, and my darling!

A final toast to the able crew of Jungle for the Bermuda passage. Ron has tons of sailing and "how to" knowledge and taught me a few things. (like bread plate on the left) This was Linda's fist passage and what a champ! She handled it with style, grace, and a few cocktails. Great job from both.

We had time to visit Crystal caves. 100 feet down with 30-60 foot salt water pool and stalagmites and stalactites. (one goes up the other goes down). I still don't know if the bread plate goes on the right or left, so don't ask me.

Believe it or not, this is a replica of Deliverance, or the Bounty as in "Mutiny on the Bounty". This ship is smaller than Jungle and a wacky design. No wonder the crew mutinied! This ship is butt ugly. "Damn your hide, Captain Bligh!" I'm reading William Bligh's account of the mutiny. I wonder if it will differ from the movie?

Yes Mom - we went to church. Kinda.

Ron bought himself a cool hat, so he's trying to help me get a cool at of my own - what a pal!

Happy to be on land after a successful voyage.

Enough sightseeing - let's eat! Here's part of the Happy crew after 6 days at sea. Ahhh, seats that don't move - nice.

We begin our walking tour of St. George's and Bermuda. Here is a view overlooking the customs dock where we checked in in the AM.

Jungle is comfortably anchored in St. George's Harbour. We are just off the dock of the ARC Rally base. We tend to like anchoring whenever possible vs. staying on a dock - much nicer.

Passage: Bermuda!

Checking in at Bermuda Customs.

And into St. George's Harbour.

And on the 6th day - Bermuda!

Winds peaked over 60 kts - nothing Jungle can't handle!

Always something beautiful to see - at sea!

Admiral and chef handles it with a smile.

Men at work - 30-40 kt winds building out there.

Katie the fluff ball is holding up.

Relaxing on the forward deck. 350 miles from USS 400 miles to Bermuda.

Captain Ron (wanted to use that) at the helm.

One thing Jenée does not miss out on - getting a hook in the water. Unfortunately, we were shut out for the first time fishing on a long passage.

Always some downtime on a 7 day passage.

Day 1 was a little bumpy, but it calmed down after that.

And we're on our way to Bermuda!

I had a little time to goof off.

We had time for a little snorkeling.

Another end to a beautiful day.

The work continues, as Jenée repairs our main sail on our SailRite sewing machine. We've paid for this $1,200 baby twice over by fixing our sails. Hey, someone tell the dork to quit staring.

What do you do when you need to replace the starboard flag halyard (rope)? Why you send up Linda Wells - styling all the way.

The Admiral gets some well deserved rest.

Here is the Jungle crew celebrating Cinco de Mayo in style. We even pulled out our table cloth purchased in Mexico last year. Vamos! Andale!

Oh look, more time to relax while Ron and I run around to pick up some gear.

There was still some time for Jungle crew to stroll these beautiful beaches.

We needed to travel around Elbow Cay for some last minute provisioning. What's that your saying Captain Jim Bob? Whatever.

Here's the Captain busy computing the complex 730 mile course to Bermuda, you ask. No way, I just busted 1,000,000 points on Spasmo Invaders video game. Winner!

Here are the Jungle maidens now, busy getting the good ship ready for passage to Bermuda. Wow, look at those melons! I think I'll have some.

The Crew has Arrived!

My princess couldn't be any more adorable in her red lid.

Jenée and I need to run some errands. We rented this scooter for a half day and buzzed around Marsh Harbor getting stuff. Thank goodness they had these cool looking helmets, as "safety first" is always our motto. "Dork second", is probably right up there s well - so I got that going for me.

Here's looking back at Guana Cay as we head back to Jungle.

Now on Guana Cay, we paid a visit to Nipper's.

Kicking back in Hopetown. Check out Jungle anchored over their shoulder. "Jim, how do you do it"!? I don't know.

I just can't get enough of my bride!

We visited Hopetown and did a little snorkeling around the reef. Actually, Jenée and Linda snorkeled while Ron and I slept on the beach - hey it's Sunday!

Yes, we're getting into the swing of things just fine. We'll do a little island hopping before we go.

Well, Linda is mixing in quite well and in no time. She playing her saw (rake and scrape) along with a local musician.

That's right, the troops are here as we ready for our sail to Bermuda. Our friends, Ron and Linda will make the 7 day sail from the Bahamas to Bermuda. They currently live on their sail boat, Serenity in Redondo Beach, CA. Great to have them along, now we just need to indoctrinate them into the "Bahamian" way. I want to thank Jenée for giving me the heads up to take off my hat for this shot - nice lid!