Month: September 2025

After our failure to get to the Bahamas in one go, we spent several days in Samana, at the fanciest marina I have ever seen. We did go into town one day, but mostly we stayed around the boat fixing the issues, doing chores and resting. Douglas did something to the shaft to fix it…

We spent Christmas week bouncing between the inner harbor of Dutch St. Maarten (where the better provisions are), and the more beautiful anchorages on the french side of St. Martin. I made a full Christmas dinner and we had champagne for New Year’s eve with new friends. We snorkeled in Grand Caisse a lot, and…

We left the Rodney Bay marina on December the 6th, fueled up at the fuel dock, and then motored around for about an hour before dropping anchor in the outside bay. We were now confident in the fuel system, and set off the next morning for the 45NM trip to St. Pierre, Martinique. We had…

When we left the boat in St. Lucia in May 2024 to spend hurricane season at home in Nova Scotia, Douglas was ready to move back to land permanently. He wanted to be closer to our family and friends, and live in a house that didn’t need constant maintenance. I agreed that it wasn’t the…