The adventures of Mr. Whiskers

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01/21/2025

We have been quite busy having fun. Just before Christmas we had Tripp, Tisch, Cole and Haley on board through New Years. We sailed to George Town, Bahamas catching lobsters and fish a long the way. In George Town, Cole and Haley departed and Nick Viscount and his Jeanine Jankowski Viscount came aboard the same day. On board is Robert Walker, Tripp Plavec, Tisch, Nick, Jeanine and Carmen. I, Rob, have mastered lobster hunting. Matter of fact we are eating Tuna and lobsters tonight. So delicious.
To save some time organizing a post, Tisch gathered our photos and Facebook put together a video. I share that with this post and hopefully can share more individual photos of some epic experiences we have had along the way. Everyday has been a wonderful experience…

We were blessed with the opportunity to have Carmen’s Dad (Marc) on board, along with Alfonso (a family friend of Carmen...
12/28/2024

We were blessed with the opportunity to have Carmen’s Dad (Marc) on board, along with Alfonso (a family friend of Carmen’s). Marine is also on board and fun times and family time was ahead of us.
We spent a couple days in the Blue Haven marina due to unfavorable weather. The French love good food and the restaurant just off the dock was superb. We also have full access to the wonderful resort that accompanies the marina. Beautiful beach access, a pool with swim up bar, and two outstanding restaurants. What more could you ask for in a marina.
As soon as we had a weather window we sailed to a small uninhabited island called French Cay. The weather was still not optimal, but the small bay offered us some protection. We snorkeled, hunted lobster and conch, explored the beach and a nearby wreck. It was a chance to spend quality times with loved ones and was priceless.
As you can tell by our pics we got silly regularly and despite the weather it was epic time. Carmen loved her fresh conch, we made a Caribbean Christmas tree on the beach, snorkeled daily and played Pirates of the Caribbean…

Mr Whiskers got a new sail. It is a 72 square meter parasailor. This sail falls under the spinnaker catagory, yet offe...
12/26/2024

Mr Whiskers got a new sail. It is a 72 square meter parasailor. This sail falls under the spinnaker catagory, yet offers so much more. Based upon its design and foil technology it flies effortlessly. It automatically adjusts for wind changes, up to 30 or so degrees. It also handles wind speeds and gusts higher than you would probably want to sail it. Double digit speeds are a breeze, no pun intended. Our first time we flew it, we ran it through the night for over 24 hours and then the wind died. To top it off it is cusomized and just plain sexy….

While in St. Maarten we are blessed with two cultures. One side is Dutch and the other is French. This offers a divers...
12/08/2024

While in St. Maarten we are blessed with two cultures. One side is Dutch and the other is French. This offers a diversity in dinning and purchasing products. Needless to say the French side hosts better food and restaurants. We filled Mr Whiskers with French groceries and our bellies with French food. I have developed a passion for duck and nobody cooks it better than the French.
Marine Vogel joined us to help with our crossing toward BVI’s and then Turks and Caicos. Before we left, we went inland to visit Parrot Village. What a unique experience. We were amoung a couple hundred parrots of serveral different species. Not only was it educational, it was extremely entertaining.

We were fortunate to have Brad Nichols on board for about four weeks. We dealt with several maintenance and equipment f...
12/08/2024

We were fortunate to have Brad Nichols on board for about four weeks. We dealt with several maintenance and equipment failures, yet he remained consistently uplifting. He is a pleasure to be around and always had a positive outlook. We sailed a good distance during his stay and found time to explore and enjoy our surroundings. Brad and Tripp left Mr Whiskers in English Harbor, Antigua. Brad is a wonderful human and we hope to spend more time together in the future. Always sending love your way Brad.
Rob and Carmen continued on to St Maarten to have a air condition unit replaced and more boat work.

Carrying on with Mr Whiskers spirit of adventure we rented scooters for the day on Les Saintes to explore the islands be...
12/08/2024

Carrying on with Mr Whiskers spirit of adventure we rented scooters for the day on Les Saintes to explore the islands beautiful setting and beaches. Brad Nichols, Tripp Plavec, Robert Walker and Carmen formed a scooter gang for the day and were able to feel a different way to have the wind in our faces…

11/17/2024

Sailing past St. Barthelemy at 7 kts in 11 kts of wind (some current in my favor😎). Headed to St. Maarten. Seas are light and it is beautiful.

Tripp, Brad, Carmen and I went inland in Dominica and visited the Emerald Pool. A short hike through the rain forest an...
11/15/2024

Tripp, Brad, Carmen and I went inland in Dominica and visited the Emerald Pool. A short hike through the rain forest and we were swimming in a pool at the base of a waterfall. When we arrived there were some young locals playing volleyball. They departed shortly after our arrival and we hag it to ourselves. It was a bit cold, but we could not resist. Well for Colorado native Brad it was perfect…

Share some recent sunsets…
11/15/2024

Share some recent sunsets…

We are back on Mr Whiskers. Rob, Carmen, Tripp and Brad Nichols. Brad is a life long friend of Tripp and we welcome hi...
11/04/2024

We are back on Mr Whiskers. Rob, Carmen, Tripp and Brad Nichols. Brad is a life long friend of Tripp and we welcome him on board.
Unfortunately we have faced some equipment issues. After being stored for two months, systems initially started back okay, but shortly there after problems arose. We had to replace windlass, raw water mechanical seal failed on the generator, and watermaker rinsing cycle was not functioning. We were able to get everything back to tip top shape, but it required sitting in harbors, while we searched for parts and waited on technicians..
Amidset all the repairs, we found a day to have some fun. Besides sailing, what could be more fun than a helicopter ride around St. Lucia. So up we went and it was beautiful…

08/25/2024

I had a lengthy rendition of our struggles heading south but decided to spare you my ramblings. We dodged hurricane Beryl. Fought against squalls and high seas. We were refused entry into Puerto Rico. Basically two weeks, with no sleep and into waves and wind. It was a challenge that honed our sailing skills and mental fortitude.
Mr Whiskers is safely docked in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. He is getting some upgrades, while Rob and Tripp spend some time as land lubbers. Tripp is roadtripping in his motorhome across the US. Rob visited family and is now in Paris with Carmen. We will be visiting Venice, Italy and roadtripping across France. If you want to share in this feel free to join us on our personal pages, everyone welcome to send friend request if you are not already.
The Adventures of Mr Whiskers continues the beginning of October….

In case you do not know. Hurricane Beryl is passing through the Antilles. We are out of its path, in St. Martin. We h...
07/01/2024

In case you do not know. Hurricane Beryl is passing through the Antilles. We are out of its path, in St. Martin. We have weathered the biggest part of it as it passed by. Rain and gusting winds, but nothing outstanding. We did save a unattended catamaran, as it lost anchor and drifted toward the rocky shore. We lashed her to Mr Whiskers and held her in place until the Coast Guard arrived. Wind is still howling and rain is intermittent, but we are safe.

05/19/2024

I am a thrill seeker. I love a good adrenaline dump. This one possibly caused my heart to stop for a bit. Once you “drop” nothing feels like it is touching the slide or water. It is a complete free fall. At the end, it is a gently reintroduction to the effects of gravity. Just as you inhale a breathe of relief, you travel through a lagoon filled with big sharks. I only did it once. Haley Plavec could not get enough of the slides. This is her coming down the Mayan Temple, of coarse slowed way down as she was just a blur in real time. Haley is fearless!
Watch to the end…

Carmen and Rob hurried past the Exuma Marine park and headed straight to Nassau. Why would we sail past such a spectacu...
05/19/2024

Carmen and Rob hurried past the Exuma Marine park and headed straight to Nassau. Why would we sail past such a spectacular part of the Exuma’s? It was time for Tripp to join Mr. Whisker’s again and he brought Haley Plavec with him. It was time to load up with as much groceries as we could carry and head back to the beautiful Exumas, but before we do, some fun was to be had.
Nassau is home to Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas. It is a unique aquatic experience. Despite living on the ocean, I found myself in awe of the presentation and opportunity to see and interact with marine life within Atlantis. This is not a “Seaworld” type waterpark. Atlantis is very active in nurturing and the treatment of injured aqautic animals in the Caribbean. It is an opportunity to see them living in as near to natural environments as relatively possible. The conditions are natural enough that many of their species give birth within the park. The setting was amazing and quite informative.
The water slides and lazy rivers are a blast. We hit everyone at least once. One of the lazy rivers is far from lazy. There are rapids, waves and even a intertube escalator that lifts you and your tube without even getting out of tube. The only thing missing was cup holders and a float up bar, but hey, its suppose to be a kids park…
Disclaimer: I did include some aerial photos from the parks advertisement to give you an idea of the beauty.

More Sunday/Funday We returned to Mr. Whiskers for lunch. While dropping our food scraps off the back we realized ...
05/06/2024

More Sunday/Funday
We returned to Mr. Whiskers for lunch. While dropping our food scraps off the back we realized that we had a visitor. A half a pack of hot dogs and we had four. Some left over Salmon from the refrigerator and we had new friends. Feed, pet off the edge of the boat, and then it was time to swim with them.
***side note… Rob did put swim trunks on, as the idea of swimming with them after feeding them hot dogs left some major concerns.

We finished the day off with a sunset kiteboarding session in the bay. There are no pictures, as I can not kite and take pictures but it was gorgeous flat turquoise water, like you see in the pictures. Some nice airtime was displayed for the surrounding boats. Gotta represent Los Barilles kite scene…

05/06/2024

Sunday/Funday continues..
A 15 minute dinghy ride, around the corner and we were at Thunderball Grotto. It was totally Carmen’s find, as I did not even know what a Grotto was.

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We have been quite busy having fun. Just before Christmas we had Tripp, Tisch, Cole and Haley on board through New Years. We sailed to George Town, Bahamas catching lobsters and fish a long the way. In George Town, Cole and Haley departed and Nick Viscount and his Jeanine Jankowski Viscount came aboard the same day. On board is Robert Walker, Tripp Plavec, Tisch, Nick, Jeanine and Carmen. I, Rob, have mastered lobster hunting. Matter of fact we are eating Tuna and lobsters tonight. So delicious. To save some time organizing a post, Tisch gathered our photos and Facebook put together a video. I share that with this post and hopefully can share more individual photos of some epic experiences we have had along the way. Everyday has been a wonderful experience…

Sailing past St. Barthelemy at 7 kts in 11 kts of wind (some current in my favor😎). Headed to St. Maarten. Seas are light and it is beautiful.

I had a lengthy rendition of our struggles heading south but decided to spare you my ramblings. We dodged hurricane Beryl. Fought against squalls and high seas. We were refused entry into Puerto Rico. Basically two weeks, with no sleep and into waves and wind. It was a challenge that honed our sailing skills and mental fortitude. Mr Whiskers is safely docked in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. He is getting some upgrades, while Rob and Tripp spend some time as land lubbers. Tripp is roadtripping in his motorhome across the US. Rob visited family and is now in Paris with Carmen. We will be visiting Venice, Italy and roadtripping across France. If you want to share in this feel free to join us on our personal pages, everyone welcome to send friend request if you are not already. The Adventures of Mr Whiskers continues the beginning of October….

I am a thrill seeker. I love a good adrenaline dump. This one possibly caused my heart to stop for a bit. Once you “drop” nothing feels like it is touching the slide or water. It is a complete free fall. At the end, it is a gently reintroduction to the effects of gravity. Just as you inhale a breathe of relief, you travel through a lagoon filled with big sharks. I only did it once. Haley Plavec could not get enough of the slides. This is her coming down the Mayan Temple, of coarse slowed way down as she was just a blur in real time. Haley is fearless! Watch to the end…

Sunday/Funday continues.. A 15 minute dinghy ride, around the corner and we were at Thunderball Grotto. It was totally Carmen’s find, as I did not even know what a Grotto was.

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