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 […]
Martinique – Windward Islands With our passage from Dominica to Martinique, we left the Leeward’s and entered the Windward Islands. Martinique is the southern most of the French islands and was our last opportunity to test our recently acquired French (ok four or five words is not much, but it was all we had for […]
Dominca, Leeward Islands It is said that if Christopher Columbus came back to the Caribbean, the only island he would recognize is Dominica. Dominica is the most unspoiled and natural island we have come across during our travels. It is amazingly lush and fertile. Almost anything can grow on the rugged terrain. After a short […]
West Indies After a quick stay in Montserrat, we headed North around the island to clear the volcano exclusion zone and then South for Guadeloupe. Our direction of sail has changed from South East to almost due South, making the passages a little easier with the wind 60 degrees off the bow. As a result, […]
Montserrat, Leeward Islands Despite all the warnings of ash, sulfur smells and a pending eruption, we headed off to Montserrat. As has come to be the norm, the wind was stronger than forecast and we were sailing to weather again. The consensus is that this year has been a windier and cooler winter in the […]
Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe Leeward Islands Once we got cleared out of Guadeloupe, we headed South to “The Saintes”. As has come to be the norm, the wind picked up just as we came to the Southern tip of the island, causing some excitement as we scrambled to reef the sails and get the Berkeley […]
Antigua, St Kitts & Nevis – Jumby Bay Antigua After a restful few days in Barbuda, we headed back to Antigua to see the North side of the island. We anchored off Long Island in Jumby Bay. Long Island has a very nice resort (Jumby Bay) and some very exclusive homes. Rumor has it Robin […]
Barbuda, West Indies With the wind just forward of the beam, we sailed about 25 miles North to Barbuda (Bar-bew-da) Unlike most of the islands in this area of the Caribbean, that are tall volcanoes, Barbuda is a low coral atoll. The highest point on the island is less than 200 feet. We anchored off […]
