February 9th-17th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We departed Chateaubelair, the northern most anchorage of St. Vincent for the VERY BLUSTERY 25 mile sail to St. Lucia. We actually had two reefs up for the first half of our very close reach. The Caribbean continues to be a bit of a boaters freeway as […]
February 4th – 8th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) NOTE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON OUR \”POSITION REPORTS\” NOTIFICATION LIST (WHICH HAVE A SHORT UPDATE AND ARE SENT AS WE MOVE THE BOAT FROM PLACE TO PLACE), LET ME KNOW VIA EMAIL AND I WILL INCLUDE YOU. IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON THEM, YOU
January 27th – February 3rd, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Bequia to Bequia via a loop of the Grenadines….. The Grenadines are a part of the nation of St. Vincent and The Grenadines. The Grenadines are a group of 23 islands which run north and south. They are as a group, north of Grenada by only
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January 16-25th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Trinidad to Grenada and on to Bequia, The Grenadines……. Dear F&F, We departed Scotland Bay to the west of Chaguaramas at about 6 a.m. on the 16h. It was nice to have a short trip on the 15th from the dock to the anchorage. This gave us a chance
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January 15th, 2014 Chaguaramas, Trinidad – (-4 on UTC) If You Don’t Go….You Wont Go!….. This is exactly how it has felt these last few weeks since we arrived back in Trinidad to start the 2014 sailing season. Firstly, the boat was brought onto the hard,(dry dock) for the bi-annual bottom scrape & paint in
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January 13, 2014 Dear F&F, We\’re getting ready to go and tweaking up the systems. We hope to be off mid week for Grenada. Please ignore this post as it is just a test to see if we can \”post a blog\” while \”at sea\” vs. on the internet directly. This is a test of
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Tobago to Trinidad….. To see the Photo Gallery for this post, click here August 1st, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We got up early as we did not want to get into Coral Cove Marina in Chaguaramas too late in the day. I always like to leave a window for \”issues\” when arriving in a
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Englishman\’s Cove & Castarma Bay….. July 30th – August 1st, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We checked out with customs and immigration as this country requires us to do so every time you change an area. It\’s a make work project, but hey, it\’s their country. We went by two rock groups The Brothers
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Arrival at Tobago….. July 26th – 30th, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We arrived at first light after a nice easy night of calm seas and lightening winds. The island was easily spotted at about 20 miles offshore. There are some tricky currents and outlying reef systems, so we wanted to arrive at first
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Table Mountain….Just because it\’s worth it!…… This shot was taken on Scott\’s IPAD as we left. It\’s the view the old sailing ships would have had on first sight. It\’s a beautiful place; Cape Town and it\’s environment. Off to St. Helena Island (UK) en route to Ascension Island (UK), Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) and
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