Girl on the Brink: Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures

Day 46 — Sails Away

On the media boats, taking in the sailboats on Saturday morning—kickoff to Antigua Sailing Week.

Day 45 — Sojana, an Ocean Beauty

Low clouds push over the mountains of Guadeloupe this morning. The anchor is dropped until we begin the ocean race back to Antigua, the first in the ocean series race during during Sailing Week. A crew of 14, my photographer and I sailed from Falmouth Harbor the night before on Sojana, a Farr designed 115-foot [...]

Day 44 — Finding Spirit

The sun comes early in Antigua, and so do the roosters, crowing. Baby breezes and a gentle sun. A new day. Coffee. Food. Electricity. Cell phone problems. Couldn’t find the bilge but took a shower anyway. I bailed the water out with a cup and an empty black trash can. My girlfriend and I slept on [...]