St Eustatius, Leeward Islands Statia, the short name for St. Eustatius, is a small volcano island between Saba and St. Kitts. We sailed over from St. Barth’s, keen to do some diving and hiking. Statia was once the trade capital of the West Indies where 100 plus sailing ships would lie at anchor exchanging goods. […]
Gustavia, St Barthelemy We motor sailed to Ile Fourche, a small island just north of St. Barth’s, and spent the night. We weren’t too impressed with the snorkeling, so we left the next day for Anse de Colombier, a beautiful cove on the north side of the St. Bart’s. This was a good choice because […]
Road Bay, Anugilla As has become the norm, we planned to go to one place and ended up somewhere else. This time it was Anguilla. The passage to St. Martin is into the trade winds and we left at midnight. Anguilla is roughly the same direction, but given it is a little south to the […]
Virgin Islands After more than a month of boat work in the marina, we were anxious to get back to cruising, so with the repairs done we headed out to the Virgin Islands. With a couple weeks behind us and a few days at Peter Island, St. John and St. Thomas we felt like we […]
After arriving back in Tortola from Charlotte we headed over to St. Thomas for the big New Years Eve party at Yacht Haven Grande. This was a great party with over 5,000 people, fireworks and two live bands. We meet up with fellow cruisers, Irene and Andy from Aphrodite, and partied until after 2:30 in […]
After we finished with the Caribbean 1500 parties, we headed back to Tortola to recover from all the fun. We left Virgin Gorda in a large North swell, and as we exit the harbor there were surfers ridding 5′ waves right next to Berekely East. It looked like we would need to go through the […]
US East coast to the British Virgin Islands After a great summer at home on the lake, visiting family and friends and collecting enough wine to restock the boat, we decided to head back to the Caribbean for the winter. We joined the Caribbean 1500 (the cruising rally we sailed with last year) for the […]
With the increase in hurricane activity, we needed to get Berkeley East further North and out of harms way, so we decided to take her up to Annapolis for the rest of the summer. While this is a relatively short 4 to 5-day trip, the passage around Cape Hatteras always puts us on edge. The […]
Charleston, SC USA We’ve done it before – sailed up the East Coast from Florida to South Carolina — but riding the Gulf Stream north is always a thrill. The Gulf Stream is a warm, rapid current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows northeastward along North America toward Newfoundland. While in the […]
Ft Lauderdale, Florida As we left Nassua Harbor, the weather was good so we changed our plans (again). Instead of a one-hour sail to the west end of New Providence, we headed off to Chub Cay. About half-way there we landed a 48″ Mahi Mahi, the fishing has been good since we left the Caribbean […]
