Saturday the 19th of March at a dark hour of 5 am, we lifted the Anchor from the French side of ST martin and took a bearing across on our full day passage to Virgin Gorda, 80 miles Westward. I DID ev...Read More
We had an excellent passage up to St Maarten with wind starting just aft of the beam at about 15 knots. It developed a bit more while underway and we had to keep a reef in. When we decided to take in ...Read More
FISH!!! NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE!!!! Finally our bad luck has broken. Two Barracuda and a nice sized Dorado! The 10 hour passage to St Kitts was mostly downwind, in an 8-10 foot swell. This Island ...Read More
Deshaies in Guadeloupe is known for its blustery winds all night due to the way the winds form and drive over the mountains, and it proved to be correct for us. At 0130 in the wee hours of the morning...Read More
Guadeloupe is known by the Caribs as Karukera; the island of pretty waters, has a population of 330,000 people and belongs to France. Tourism, sugar cane and Rum are the main industries. As in France,...Read More
After a 4 hour motor north, as the wind was just not favorable for us to sail, we arrived in the lovely island group called The Saintes, belonging to Guadeloupe. It’s a charming, picturesque island ...Read More
Departing Martinique at the crack of noon, we set off for the 30-something nautical miles north for the Island of Dominica. It was on this passage that Darren got his first look at sea for 360 degrees...Read More