S/V Redwings | Maine to South America 2012-13

La fiebre de Dengue
4 Feb 2013

El 4 de febrero Ahora estoy bien, pero estuve MUY enfermo durante la semana pasada. Tuve una fiebre de 100 hasta 105 grados Fahrenheit por cinco días. No pude comer mucha comida. Tenía mucho calor, y luego mucho frío. Tengo la Fiebre de Dengue, una enfermedad tropical transmitido por mosquitos. Es un poco como Malaria. Por fin, yo fui al hospital (de verdad es una clínica) y me tomaron un poco de sangre. Me dijeron que sí, tenía la Fiebre de Dengue y me dieron IV fluidas. Ahora, estoy mucho mejor, aunque estoy todavía un poco débil. Mi consejo es que cuando estás en las zonas tropicales ¡cuidado con los mosquitos! Read more →

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Follow us on Facebook!
6 Jan 2013

Well we have found we just don’t get around to extensively blogging this time – a lot less personal down time with the kids on the boat! We have been and will continue to post pics and quick updates on Facebook so that is the best way to follow our trip. http://www.facebook.com/redwingscharters You can view this page without being “on” Facebook. Having said that, Ian continues to update his Blog and I’ve started the Spanish-Language ¿Dónde está Señor Henderson? blog as well which is primarily for Spanish students at the the school where I teach, but anyone might find it of interest! The link for these blogs are to the right. We are currently in Culebra (island off coast of Puerto Rico) and plan to stay here for two months as the kids will enroll in the local (Spanish speaking!) school. I’ll be doing graduate work and volunteer work and practicing Spanish. Colleen will finally have a solid platform (the earth!) to do yoga on. We then plan to quickly “cruise” Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and then spend at least a month in Cuba before heading to the Bahamas and back up the Eastern Seaboard. Read more →

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USA to USVI
30 Nov 2012

I will update the text in the future (I hope!) but here are some pics from the 9 1/4 day 1,300 mile trip from Hampton to USVI! We had about 2 days of calm weather and 7 days laid hard over on port tack. A fairly rough ride overall and the crew have the bruises to prove it! Read more →

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