2009

Celebrating 31 years

Celebrating 31 years

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 […]

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Valentine’s Day In Canouan

Valentine’s Day In Canouan

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 […]

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Cruising: Fixing Your Boat in Exotic Places

Cruising: Fixing Your Boat in Exotic Places

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 […]

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Rock and Roll Statia

Rock and Roll Statia

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. […]

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More Great Food and Beaches

More Great Food and Beaches

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 […]

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Anguilla: Our Favorite Island – Today

Anguilla: Our Favorite Island – Today

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 […]

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We Have Escaped!

We Have Escaped!

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 […]

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New Years in the US Virgin Islands

New Years in the US Virgin Islands

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 […]

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