Touring the USVI with Family
For just over the past week we have been back in the US Virgin Islands having completed a counterclockwise loop around St John with visiting family. This part of the caribbean really is one of the better places to sail…
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Cheeseburger in Paradise
It’s hard to believe how fast winter has been flying by, but we have now officially started our northbound trek home with our recent passage from Martinique to St Barths where we were greeted by numerous sea turtles as we…
Martinique is Stunning!
For nearly the past two weeks we have been thoroughly enjoying Martinique. This French island is quickly becoming one of favourites and if it weren’t for a schedule, we would be quite happy to spend another couple of weeks here.
Guadaloupe & Iles des Saints
Over the past week or so we have had a brief tour of the large mountainous island of Guadaloupe, followed by the cluster of islands to the south known as Les Saintes. We’ve had a mix of seeing wonderful places…
Barbuda
Recently we enjoyed a nice sail on a close reach heading to Barbuda. With the winds mostly between 14-16 knots apparent apart from a couple squalls we had nearly perfection conditions to sail north to Barbuda for a few days.
More Antigua: St John’s Harbour
Since our two sets of visitors we’ve leisurely toured a bit more of Antigua, notably the west coast. A few nights in Jolly Harbour to take care of chores and then we were off to Deep Bay for a couple…
Antigua
For the past week and a half we have been exploring the beautiful island of Antigua and hosted two sets of visitors which has kept us on the move to find new beaches, snorkel spots and historical sites as well…
2016
We rang in the New Year in Grande Case making our best effort to be fast asleep, but became suddenly aware that 2016 had arrived by the sound and light of fireworks being launched from the beach 200 yards in…
Grande Case: Bon Appetit
Grande Case is the dining capital in St Martin with about 30 or more restaurants all in a mile with simple to high end options and everything in between. Hard to go wrong and of course many of them have…
Marigot
We finally made the trek over to St Martin this past week and with the ‘Christmas Winds’ having arrived it is a good thing we didn’t delay any longer. We anchored in Marigot harbour upon our arrival and have been…