Phoebe Whitbeck

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Last update: Apr 20, 2025 1:59 PM

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Bella

Wrightsville Beach, NC

Charter captain and wannabe cruiser, currently living aboard a 44’ cat, Bella. She and I spend summers in Wrightsville Beach, NC and winters in the USVI. I’ve had the goal of sailing around the world since I was a little kid…My parents circumnavigated before I was born, and I grew up on their adventurous stories of sailing! Thus, my only life plans are to work on boats until I can buy my own!

Phoebe Whitbeck

North Atlantic Ocean, Turks and Caicos Islands • Apr 20, 2025

Distance

400.3nm

Avg. speed

6.6kts

Duration

2d 12h 13m

First leg of the passage - USVI to Turks

400nm on the dot! Found a sandy little spit of land to tuck behind last night at 2am for some good sleep and a nice morning swim/shower. It’s been quite windy and swelly out there - taking waves over the deck and covering ourselves and Bella in salt. Planning to cross the bottom bit of the Caicos Bank today and then head into the Bahamas!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Caribbean sea, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 13, 2025

Distance

18.7nm

Avg. speed

4kts

Duration

4h 42m

Saying goodbye to STJ 🥹

Came to the realization this morning that today is my last day in St John! Crazy to think I’ll be leaving these islands in just a few short days. Much love to STJ and all the beautiful spots I’ve called home this season!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Great Lameshur Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 12, 2025

Distance

5.3nm

Avg. speed

4.5kts

Duration

1h 10m

Out and around to Lameshure

Very bittersweet to be making this final lap around STJ… I do love lameshure!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Hansen Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 11, 2025

Distance

6.7nm

Avg. speed

3.5kts

Duration

1h 54m

A slowwww one today

Hit two snorkel spots between a couple slow and easy sails. Even accidentally power napped for about 15 min! (not while sailing)

Phoebe Whitbeck

Norman Island • Apr 10, 2025

Distance

6.6nm

Avg. speed

4.4kts

Duration

1h 30m

Little trip to Norman island

A beautiful day for some cave snorkeling and hiking!

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 9, 2025

Distance

2.6nm

Avg. speed

5kts

Duration

32m

Morning jaunt over to Waterlemon

A wee motor to our next stop on charter! More SES gear in action :)

Phoebe Whitbeck

Francis Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 8, 2025

Distance

3.2nm

Avg. speed

5.7kts

Duration

34m

Quickie over to Francis

Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Islands National Park, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 7, 2025

Distance

5.4nm

Avg. speed

4.6kts

Duration

1h 11m

Fun sail over to STJ

Got the whole crew working for this one! Braden and I went into instructor mode teaching our parents.

Phoebe Whitbeck

Christmas Cove, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 6, 2025

Distance

9.5nm

Avg. speed

5kts

Duration

1h 53m

Last charter of the season 🥲 friends + fam

This one is bittersweet for sure. Closing out the season with a nostalgic group of family and friends (we all bareboated in SVIs together 8 years ago).

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Islands National Park, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Apr 1, 2025

Distance

16.7nm

Avg. speed

3.3kts

Duration

5h 8m

A gooood day

Woke up and bopped over to the Indians before breakfast. Snorkeled and munched, then sailed over to hurricane hole to snorkel the mangroves. Beautiful and peaceful as always! Then cruised the south side of STJ to Caneel for the night. A rainbow followed us most of the way! And the squalls it came from barely touched us :)

Phoebe Whitbeck

Norman Island • Mar 31, 2025

Distance

13.2nm

Avg. speed

4.2kts

Duration

3h 7m

Caves and a hike on Norman Island

Nice little downwinder to Norman for snorkeling and hiking! Very fun to have someone else driving the boat for a change!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Great Camanoe • Mar 30, 2025

Distance

16.3nm

Avg. speed

5.2kts

Duration

3h 7m

Breezy but relaxing genoa sail

Just cruised over from Virgin Gorda to Marina Cay.

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Gorda • Mar 30, 2025

Distance

7.3nm

Avg. speed

6.2kts

Duration

1h 11m

The Baths to Saba (rock)

Made it to Saba! Lol not quite but still had a great evening at Bitter End and Saba Rock.

Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Gorda • Mar 30, 2025

Distance

56.8nm

Avg. speed

4.9kts

Duration

11h 38m

Attempt to sail to Saba… changed course to the other Saba

Definitely not the best weather for it, but we gave it a shot! First the starboard lazy jack snapped, then the port engine stopped. Two strikes and I wasn’t about to have a third. Tacked and sailed north to Virgin Gorda. Got the generator charging the batteries and the port engine started right up after we sat on anchor a couple hours. Change of plans, but it all worked out for the better. Now enjoying BVI for a few days. I’ll get to the real Saba one day!

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 27, 2025

Distance

12.4nm

Avg. speed

5.4kts

Duration

2h 17m

Last one for this charter!

Secretly baked an almond flour bday cake for one of my gf guests while everyone was swimming. Anna had the bright idea to hide it up top to cool :))

Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Islands National Park, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 25, 2025

Distance

8.3nm

Avg. speed

3.6kts

Duration

2h 18m

Bringing out some 2016 summer music on this one

Girls are fully acclimated to boat life now. Waited out the rain at Francis, then snorkeled Waterlemon, had lunch and sailed back towards town to the tune of good ol 2016 vibes

Phoebe Whitbeck

Francis Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 24, 2025

Distance

9.4nm

Avg. speed

4.3kts

Duration

2h 12m

A fullll day of girlies charter

Sailed to Solomon Bay/Cruz Bay to grab some things from town. Then the girls just enjoyed the sun while Anna and I set new personal bests freediving :)) I also landed square on top of the dinghy line when jumping in…

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Christmas Cove, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 23, 2025

Distance

5.9nm

Avg. speed

4.2kts

Duration

1h 23m

Day one of a girls trip charter!

Repping some Sea Earth Sail merch :)) Loaded up 4 gals onboard (plus Anna and I) and headed east! Started the charter with a nice evening snorkel at Christmas cove.

Phoebe Whitbeck

East Gregerie Channel, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 23, 2025

Distance

17.3nm

Avg. speed

6.9kts

Duration

2h 30m

Buddy boating with Xander and Ellie :)

After some yummy pancakes on Xander’s boat and a good scrub on Bella (in prep for charter pick up), we buddy sailed over to the ledges for a nice freedive. Then scooped another friend from Red Hook and continued on our way back to STT. Ended the evening with the most lovely Greek dinner party - homemade tofu pita, hummus, cucumber salad, lentil soup, and pasta salad! Also including a flick from the next morning’s dinghy ride to yoga with the same crew (in the rain..)

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Islands National Park, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 23, 2025

Distance

9.8nm

Avg. speed

4.9kts

Duration

2h 1m

Making good use of days between charters!

Sailed over to St John to meet up with some friends for dinner in town and of course a skinny dip after :)

Phoebe Whitbeck

East Gregerie Channel, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 20, 2025

Distance

7.5nm

Avg. speed

5.3kts

Duration

1h 25m

Back we go again (straight to our veggie burgers)

Another flat calm day out there. Just anchored back at the home base and dropped charter. Now to devour the best veggie burgers on the island!! Gotta stick to my little post-charter tradition 😎

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Christmas Cove, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 19, 2025

Distance

6.5nm

Avg. speed

4.5kts

Duration

1h 26m

Finally a good SAIL

Started our day with a nice hike up the mountain from Cinnamon Bay. Then got underway with light winds, but had a gentle little squall come through that gave us a good push!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Cinnamon Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 18, 2025

Distance

13.7nm

Avg. speed

4.7kts

Duration

2h 56m

A full day of hopping around + a haircut!

Veryyyy little wind all day but I tried sailing anyways. Went a whopping 2kts in 4-5kts of wind :) but the calm water has been great for freediving! Also Anna chopped my hair off a little bit.

Phoebe Whitbeck

Round Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 17, 2025

Distance

2.1nm

Avg. speed

4.5kts

Duration

28m

Aaand back to no wind

After this morning’s 20-25kt wind out of absolutely nowhere, this was a nice calm one.

Phoebe Whitbeck

Coral Bay, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 17, 2025

Distance

8.6nm

Avg. speed

5.2kts

Duration

1h 39m

Couple stops on the way to Coral Bay for lunch

Spring break is definitely causing some traffic around here! So many moorings full! Had to change up the plans a bit, but it all worked out. Snorkeled Booby Rock - sooo pretty with fun rock formations for freediving! Then the wind picked up to 20-25kts! From nothing! Coral Bay had whitecaps!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Rendezvous Bay, Cruz Bay, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Mar 17, 2025

Distance

11.7nm

Avg. speed

5.9kts

Duration

1h 59m

Feels so good to be back on the boat after nearly 2 weeks!

Starting off another charter! First had to get the anchor untangled from an old mooring (wasn’t me that anchored there…) but that little dive/freedive mission was eventually a success and we got on our way.

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Phoebe Whitbeck

Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Feb 28, 2025

Distance

6.4nm

Avg. speed

4.6kts

Duration

1h 24m

A wee pre-airport sail to end the week :)

Phoebe Whitbeck

Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Feb 28, 2025

Distance

7.4nm

Avg. speed

5.5kts

Duration

1h 21m

A one jibe sail back to STT!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Virgin Islands National Park, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Feb 26, 2025

Distance

8.5nm

Avg. speed

4.4kts

Duration

1h 54m

First sail of the day ✔️

Nice little downwind and jibe around to Cruz Bay for hike + lunch!

Phoebe Whitbeck

Great Lameshur Bay, Island subdivision not defined, United States Virgin Islands, USA • Feb 26, 2025

Distance

10.5nm

Avg. speed

1.8kts

Duration

5h 41m

Night trip