After a bit of wifi at the cruise ship terminal, we made our way over to the Caicos Bank. Our stop was south Caicos with its large anchorage, and sheltered area. South Caicos was a complete different ...Read More
If you could write a text book on how a passage was suppose to go, this should have been the theory portion. A nice easy sail with flat seas, although we had to motor for a day, then a gentle breeze e...Read More
Our time in The Virgin Islands finally came to an end and we must bid adieu to a lovely country and its colorful waters and sea life. With two additional crew onboard for the 300+ nm passage to Turks ...Read More
Well the wind blew in BVI, and it blew, and it blew. We sailed, and anchored and sailed. We enjoyed a Noisy night anchored in The Bight at Norman Island just behind the famous floating bar, WillyT’s...Read More
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
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