Islas de Aves Islas de Aves are two separate little island archipelagos separated by about 10 miles of deep water. As the “Aves” name implies, there are many birds here. After a nice day sail from Cayo de Agua, Los Roques, we arrived at Isla Sur in Aves de Barlovento and were surprised to find […]
Los Roques, Venezuela Los Roques was one of the reasons we decided to go to Venezuela. I had been there in 1990, with my dad father on the Irish Rover, and swore that Los Roques had the best beaches in the Caribbean. As you can see from the pictures in this blog entry, and the […]
Blanquilla, Venezuela Another nighttime departure from Los Testigos and we were off to Blanquilla, a small, low-lying island about 90 miles away. This was supposed to be another great fishing area so at dawn we put the fishing pole out, only to discover that we already had a large catch. Sometime during the night, 25 […]
Offshore Island, Venezuela Until we arrived in Venezuela, our electric charts and chart plotters had served us well, guiding us through difficult passages and around shoals and coral reefs with accuracy measured in feet. As we approach Blanquilla, things appeared to be a little off on the chart plotter. The problem was confirmed as we […]
Los Testigos (The Witnesses), Venezuela Larry typically writes the blog. I take some pictures and offer content. But I thought I should do this blog entry because I am the reason we almost didn’t go to Los Testigos, Venezuela. When we first decided to go to the outer islands of Venezuela, we were at home, […]
Grenada We arrived in the south of Grenada Island with a long list of things to do. The plan was to get the boat repaired (from being hit in Bequia), repaint the bottom with new anit-fouling paint, see the island, and Mary was heading home for a few days to work on taxes. After meeting […]
Petit St. Vincent and Petite Martinique After several busy days with Carnival in Cariacou, we sailed to two tiny islands for some recovery time. Petit St. Vincent (pronounced Petty St. Vincent) and called PSV is part of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Just a short dinghy ride away, Petite Martinique is part of Grenada. There […]
Carriacou, Grenada We got wind of carnival starting in Carriacou, so we checked out of the Grenadines and headed off to Grenada. Most people think of Grenada as the island that the US “liberated” in the 1980’s, but it is a country made up of a number of islands, one of them being the large […]
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 […]
