Union Island, Grenadines West Indies Going to Union Island was not high on our list of “must dos,” but it was on the way south so we put it on the itinerary. Some ten years ago, we made a one-hour stop in Union while chartering and we were not impressed. Add that to the fact […]
Maryeau, Grenadines West Indies The passages between the islands in the Grenadines were getting shorter and shorter. On the trip from Tobago Cays to Mayreau (pronounced My-row) we didn’t even bother to put the sails up, as it would have taken longer to get them up and back down than it took for the whole […]
Tobago Cays, Grenadines We arrived at the Tobago Cays, after a short motor sail from Canouan, to find most of the moorings taken and the anchorage pretty full. In the end this worked out well for us, as we anchored away from the crowds, between the reef and the islands with a clear view of […]
Canouan, St Vincent & the Grenadines The sail from Bequia to Canouan (pronounced Can-oh-wan) was a short three hours with just the Genoa and the wind on the beam, very comfy. Canouan is a small island, so we set out on a hike to see it by land and nearly got arrested for trespassing. The […]
Bequia St Vincent & the Grenadines We arrived in Admiralty Bay, Bequia early in the morning and spent the day resting up from the passage and searching for someone to repair the alternator bracket that broke as we motored out of Dominica. We were lucky to find Fix Man, a local welder who was able […]
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 […]
