As Pirates of the Caribbean blasted through the mist off the entrance of Chesapeake Bay, I could hear that fabulous music from the Walt Disney movie in my head. Thanks to the immense help of Kimo Worthington, Mitch Brindley and Brian McCauley, we had arrived at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel about 10 minutes before […]

Position: 30,31.26N , 69,44.24W Speed: 19 knots, Course: 324 deg. It was a long a tedious day yesterday as we crawled our way through the high pressure ridge. Fluky winds with maximum gusts of 5 knots were the norm for about 10 hours. We managed just 77 miles in 12 hours during the middle of […]

Position: 34,3.94N , 71,56.33W Speed: 6 knots, Course: 341 deg. Cayard Cruise Lines May 05 When Paul and Kimo called last May and told me Paul was starting a Pirates themed division of Disney Cruise lines I didn’t hesitate to sign on. Paul said it would be great. Exotic locations, skull and cross bones and […]

Position: 26,28.80 N , 65,2.90 W Speed: 18 knots, Course: 326 deg. It has been a day of change. We have sailed through a large mass of cloud that is the remnant of a decaying cold front. It was probably 200 miles wide as seen from the satellite pictures. Under this clouds deck, the winds […]

Join Kimo Worthington, General Manager of The Pirates of the Caribbean for a virtual tour of The Black Pearl. Kimo swaps his mobile phone for a microphone, to take you on a tour of our team’s impressive VO70 through The Black Pearl website. Kimo will take you down below to see the sailors’ sleeping quarters, […]

Position: 23,26.35N , 61,9.30W Speed: 14 knots, Course: 303 deg. What a day! It all started off just as great as yesterday ended. The Pearl making gains on the competition, nice easy trade winds sailing, warm and sunny. Then in a one hour period, the spinnaker we had trouble with yesterday started parting at the […]

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