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Tobago Cays
By Ewan | March 29, 2009
From Bequia Tobago Cays is just a short trip south. It is handful of small islands which are almost completely protected from the Atlantic swell. The water is mostly stunning turquoise and part of the anchorage has now been protected and turned into a turtle watching area. There are no permanent residents, just lots of [...]
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Bequia
By Ewan | March 20, 2009
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Blues night
Loving the festival
The walk into town
Brother King
Tiny turtles
Big Sprite bottles
Stunning little beach
Bequia is an island of quiet secluded stunning beaches, music festivals and huge Sprite bottles!
With the music festival going on the anchorage was busy, but we managed to find [...]
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St Lucia
By Ewan | March 20, 2009
And so to St Lucia. Duncan, Alex and Charlie arrived a day earlier leaving Ewan to follow with family on Sea Topaz. Having squeezed the keel over the shallow section in the newly revamped marina we were safely tucked into Rodney Bay for a few days. The advance party enjoyed a ‘maaaassive’ night out. One [...]
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Martinique
By Alex | March 2, 2009
Charlie’s last post
Martinique- St Pierre, Trois Ilets et Le Marin, 14th to 17th January 2009
Setting off from Roseau, capital of Dominica, just after midday on Wednesday 14th, we arrived at St Pierre, Martinique, just before sunset. The journey was a wet one, close hauled in 25 to 30 knots of wind, with waves breaking over [...]
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Dominica
By Alex | March 2, 2009
Thanks again to Charlie for writing this blog.
Dominica – Portsmouth and Roseau. January 10th to 14th
What a contrast. We arrived in Portsmouth, Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica on the evening of Saturday 10th. The first thing that struck us was that the land appeared to be totally enveloped with dense forest. And the number of shipwrecks [...]
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Guadeloupe
By Alex | February 13, 2009
Thanks to Charlie for writing this blog.
Guadeloupe- Deshaies, Pigeon Island (Basse Terre) and Gosier (Grande Terre). 5th to 9th January.
La Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France, has a very French flavour to it. Boulangeries and patisseries, and of course excellent cheese, abound. We arrived in Deshaies on Monday evening after a gentle seven hour passage [...]
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Antigua
By Alex | February 4, 2009
It was supposed to be downwind sailing from the Canaries to Panama and yet we’d found ourselves beating for part of the Atlantic crossing, from the BVIs to Sint Maarten and here we were again, another 12 hours into the wind and seas from Sint Maarten to Antigua. We arrived late in the evening, squared [...]
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Sint Maarten
By Alex | January 20, 2009
I’ve been queasy a fair few times on the boat. Usually as I’ve tended to stay below as we set off, slaving over a hot stove, feasting on the luscious aroma of meths vapour, selflessly struggling to keep my composure whilst trying to mash garlic and chop onions at forty five degrees (that’s the heel [...]
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British Virgin Islands
By Alex | January 15, 2009
What sights - sailing in to the British Virgin Islands. Eighteen days with nothing but the wind, sea, stars and occasional squall and we arrive in tropical paradise. The former has its beauty, the latter very welcome. Lush green islands rising from blue tropical waters coupled with the knowledge that a shower and cold beer [...]
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The (great) Atlantic crossing
By Alex | January 13, 2009
Clearly we’ve been rather lax in keeping you lovely audience up to date in our goings on. This we have lamented on numerous occasions over the last few weeks and so now you’ll suffer a veritable inundation of blog posts over the next few days, bringing you up to speed with what we’ve been up [...]
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