Thursday, January 8 Miles Traveled: 36.8 We listened to Chris Parker weather and then raised anchor at 740am for Dominica with 7 boats in front of us. Guess we aren’t the only ones that thought this was a good weather window to go between islands. We started with 1′ swells 30 min in which increased […]
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Saturday, February 14 French side, St. Martin We started out the day listening to Chris Parker weather then Mike from Shrimpys Cruisers Net which starts at 730am channel 10. Phil likes to start his projects early so after a quick breakfast, we left at 930am to go to the Ace Hardware store. You dock at […]
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Miles Traveled – 47.1 NM We have been in Jolly Harbor, Antigua for a couple days, but we have our weather window and it’s time now to leave this beautiful place and sail to Nevis. We released our mooring ball @ 631am with Walkabout bringing up our rear as we exit […]
Thursday, February 5, 2015 After breakfast, we quickly got the dinghy in the water and the outboard on the dinghy. It’s about a mile away to the Ferry dock and town. I want to do some grocery shopping and we are also walking to the natural Hot Springs with Bob and Jeanne. First thing though, […]
Monday, February 16 St. Martin West Indies Hi everyone. Sorry that I haven’t posted lately. It’s NOT because I’m feeling bad or because I’m not enjoying the trip. Actually it’s been a better trip as we have been buddy boating with Walkabout and Vision Quest who just left early this morning for the BVI’s to […]
Sunday, January 18 Miles traveled: This morning we left Les Saintes at a little after 7am. It was a motorsailing day with winds less than 10 kts which means the waves were <1 feet. That means it was a VERY comfortable sail which I loved. We traveled 23.4nm to get to Pigeon Island in the […]
Friday, January 16 Today with Rick, Peggy, Bob and Jeanne, John and Peggy from SV Want To, we rented a taxi for 10€each to tour the small French island of Les Saintes. It’s about 8 miles south of Guadaloupe. We were lucky to have Katalee be our tour guide as she speaks English very well. […]
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 St. Anne to St. Pierre Miles traveled: 30.8nm Finally after staying in St. Anne for a week and a half, the wind and waves had decreased enough for us to travel in the Lee of Martinique to St. Pierre to stage to go to Dominica, the next island north of here […]
Thursday, January 8 Roseau, Dominica Miles traveled: 36.8nm We left St. Pierre, Martinique at 724am with less than 5 kts wind and 7 boats in front of us. Walkabout was ahead of us and had cleared the end of Martinique having 11-13 kts wind and 5′ swells. We started sailing ourselves when the wind became […]
Sunday, January 4 St. Anne, Martinique Last night it rained in and off a few times, which was enough to keep the Forehatch closed most of the time. The winds in the upper teens to mid 20’s continue. Phil’s project this morning was to check the water level in the batteries. This time he check […]
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