Tag: sailing

Although we had a few days to spare before our friends arrived, we decided to head over to St. Lucia a little early to make sure the weather didn’t change. We had heard that some people had been boarded and robbed recently in the country so we were a little nervous and decided to stay…

We were sad to leave Dominica before we had explored more of the island; yet as always, the weather dictates the schedule. So, on March 26th we left Dominica, arriving later in the day in St. Anne’s Martinique. These day sails between islands is such a treat, it’s hard to even describe.  One of my…

We always knew that the Caribbean islands were formed by volcanoes, but we never thought about how volcanoes had and continue to have serious and sometimes deadly impacts on the lives of the people living here. We began to understand the human impact of volcanoes when we sailed to Montserrat and spent a day touring…

After the rolly nights in Gustavia, St. Barths we were ready to move on, so we set sail for St. Kitts on February 24th. The weather models were all showing light winds in the 8 knot range, but we had great wind of 18 to 20 knots most of the way. Finally the wind was…

Despite the beautiful scenery in Ile Fourchue, we left anchor before noon on February 17th.  We set off for Gustavia on the main island of St. Barths, in hopes of a quieter night. The trip was only 5 nautical miles and we got to motor past a lot of amazing super yachts. Once we arrived…

Once we returned to Sint Maarten from Saba, Doug’s sister Lea met us on February 11th. Unable to find room in a marina there, we anchored in the bay and made many trips back and forth with our dingy as we didn’t all fit! We hadn’t thought of the trouble with small dinghies when we…

We planned the 80 nautical mile crossing from Leverick bay, Virgin Gorda to the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten, with our friends on Blue Mist. This crossing is the longest and most difficult crossing on the way to Grenada from the Virgin Islands. The difficulty lies in the fact that it gets wild in poor…

What was supposed to be a brief stop in St Thomas USVI on January 21st, turned into a week – long waiting game due to poor traveling weather. Every day the wind screeched through the anchorage at Charlotte Amalie as we watched other boats leave the harbor and bob up and down like tops, or…