Thursday, April 2, Today we found out there is a bus, Gibson Bus, that will ake us to the Airport where the locals are waiting to welcome in their relatives arriving on the BahamasAir plane. There a DJ set up music leaving the huge speakers in the back of the pick up truck and got […]
Category Archives: anchorages
places we have anchored or moored in.
Sunday March 15. Distance traveled 13.2 NM We got going early and rowed the dingy over the the mangroves and a creek Bob told us about. The entrance was narrow with mangrove roots hanging down for us to posh through. Once past the entrance we managed to keep going by using the ors as paddles. […]
Saturday March 14. Distance traveled 39.3 NM We listened to Chris Parker’s weather before we got going. We put up the main as a better downwind sail, started the engine and pulled the anchor at 6:52AM and decided to tow the dinghy. By 7:09 we were motor sailing along the south coast of Puerto […]
Thursday February 19 to Friday, February 20 Miles Traveled: 81.6 nm Overnight to Virgin Gorda We had moved Changes out of the lagoon at St Martin on the 2:30 bridge and anchored off the beach. Once again following the 8 coordinates we wrote down after a cruisers Net, we saw water 5.8ft under the keel […]
Friday, January 9 Miles Traveled: 19.8 nm Not having a long passage today we listened to weather and had breakfast not releasing the mooring until after we raised the Main Sail at 820am. The lines were unusually twisted so took a few minutes. After a few minutes we rolled out the head sail with a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
December 27 to January 9 We have described the days in other posts but no mention of the wind. To leave Rodney Bay for the crossing we must do our best to pick a low wind day. For Changes the ideal is 10 to 15 knots. At this wind speed Changes goes 6+ and the […]
Sunday, December 21 thru Friday, December 26 We were having such a good time relaxing and enjoying our stay at a marina,my hat the blog took a back seat to life. So here is the scoop about our stay in a marina which we hardly ever do. Sunday, December 22 Here at Rodney Bay there […]
Travels with the Dolsen’s 