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Oh, the places we’ll go!

Yesterday morning around 5am, we were underway to St. Maarten!  Let me tell you, Jon, Isaac and I have never been happier to sail into rough seas. We had been on the dock in Nanny Cay for about 2 weeks! Maintenance, maintenance and more maintenance needed to be done…and thankfully, Split Second has never been Read More

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Happy New Year!!!

Since our last post, we have had a successful Boss trip, had about a week and half of down time, and now we are nearing the end of our 10 day Christmas/New Year’s charter! It was great to have some down time considering Jon and I basically chartered for 3 weeks straight (we had a Read More

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Grunka. A True Mariner.

Today my grandfather, David Bent Barker, passed away.  He is what I would consider a true Mariner. Throughout his life time, he owned several boats…here is a small list.  His first boat was a Beetle Cat.  Next was a Herreshoff 12 1/2, W.L. Warner 20″, Shaw 24 Yawl, C&C 27, C&C  35, Pearson 365 ketch, Read More

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We love the Wilbur Family!

Hello again! Jon, Isaac and I just finished our first charter on Split Second this past Saturday! We had the Wilbur family on board for one week and I can honestly say, we are now great friends! The parents, Jay and Billie Jo were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. They came with their three kids Read More

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Yard Period

Jon and I arrived in Grenada around 3pm last Saturday.  After an extremely long week packing, moving, and finishing up a required safety course, it was nice to be back on island time.  Don’t get me wrong, the departure was filled with lots of tears shared between our family and our fur babies.  Everytime we Read More