Big Bear Blog

Hi there Big Bear …and Sooty, of course, Hope you are celebrating your special day in true Caribbean style…lots of fun in the sun and looking as gorgeous as ever!! LOL She x

An excellent few days were had by John Musson , Graham Cooper and JPB on Big Bear from 29th Dec to 6th Jan 2011. Usual visits to Bitter End, Norman (Willie T’s of course!), Cooper, Jost van dyke, Sopers, and Anegada Much fun, rum, good sailing, rum and boys chatter on this trip Clinton had [...]

Hope you all have a wonderful time and all very best wishes for 2011 Please come and sail on me again soon!!

Hi There Big Bear, It’s She here, checking in with you all the way from sunny Chichester, UK. I heard you suffered some bumps and bruises recently as a result of a passing storm over the Islands. Hope you are all better now and it didn’t spoil your new green coat! I am thinking of [...]

Dear Big Bear I know you are gently relaxing in your hurricane pit in Virgin Gorda but dont get too lazy cos we have sailing to do soon! will be coming down to cruise around the BVI in November..then plan is to take you up to Newport in April for you to hopefully be prepared [...]

Reporting from Titan XV, Chris Museler and tells the story of a much loved sailor The most emotional moment of this race so far was when we realized this morning that Vanquish was right behind us, third in fleet on elapsed time. One of the boats from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, [...]

Babe crossed the line approx 3pm Bermuda time All were greatly to Cheers at Valley Field, Harbour Road, Safely, Swiftly, Successfully with Max Fun Thank you Babe followers Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:01 PM Hi there Well we have twenty odd miles to go and the sun is shinning. Absolutley beautiful conditions. 10-12 knots [...]

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:13 PM At approx 1pm this afternoon at a position 220 miles north of Bermuda the crew of Babe paid tribute to two close friends Deborah Butterfield and Bill Riker, both of whom passed away recently Floral wreaths were launched over the side by Colin and Jonathan in [...]

Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:25 PM Good afternoon from about 190 miles out from Bermuda. Well we are doing Ok, breeze has gone down a little from this morning. Now in the high teens. Still have great boat speed, but are now bucking a 2 knot northerly current that is not meant to be [...]

“Moving on Up” I think Speedboat is in Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:35 AM Oh what a night……late June back in 2010 (yes is does rhyme….the crew on deck confirm) Well what a bunch of rock stars we have on this boat. Tough night. Wind was from the right direction but stronger than forecast [...]