Antigua, West Indies As we left Antigua, boats were readying for the first in a series of races marking the 41st Annual Antigua Sailing Week. Many famous boats, such as Leopard 3, had come from all over the world to participate in the events. We chose a spot to watch the start of the race, […]

Leeward Islands No, we did not take the boat to Australia. But being surrounded by a flotilla of charter boats occupied by Australians, it felt as if we were back in Oz. We went back to the Saintes to meet up with good friends Anne and Martin, who came all the way from Sydney to […]

Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe Leeward Islands Well we have been in the Caribbean since early November and been delaying our turnaround for the last few weeks, but we had to start home or we would never get there. So, we left the Tobago Cays and started the trip north with a short stop in St […]

St Vincent & the Grenadines At some point we had to turnaround to head back to the US, but the Grenadines are so nice that we headed further and further south. This time we ended up in the Tobago Cays, a small group of deserted islands protected from the Atlantic seas by a large reef. […]

St Vincent & the Grenadines As we struggled with turning around to head home, we sailed through some of the nicest islands of our trip. The Grenadines are small, picturesque islands with great people. Mustique is an island not commonly visited by cruisers or tourists. It is a private island with one hotel, a couple […]

Bequia Continuing south we decided to skip St. Vincent and sail directly to Bequia (Beck-way), a small island in the Grenadines. The cruising guides had warned us about the passage between the islands. One said that the sea of white horses (whitecaps) was enough to send fear into the spin of even the most seasoned […]

As we headed further south, and a little west, the sailing and weather continued to improve. The trade winds and waves were no longer on the nose and we had a nice beam reach to St Lucia. After arriving in Rodney Bay, we motored into the lagoon to check it out but decided it would […]