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22 Feb – Marinading in Martinique

By Richard. Posted on March 2nd, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

14:27.9N 060:52.3W The sail up to Martinique was pretty straightforward, close hauled on starboard tack with a couple of reefs all the w...

16 Feb – St Lucia

By Richard. Posted on February 25th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

14:04.45N 060: 57W St Lucia turned out to be a good place to wait for watermaker parts. Although our first attempt to go by road to the...

12 Feb – Goodby Grenadines, Hello Rodney (Bay)

By Richard. Posted on February 17th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

14:04N 060:57W Port Elizabeth, Admiralty Bay, Bequia, The Grenadines. A good spot. It really is a short sail from Mustique to Port Eliz...

4 Feb – Music in Mustique

By Richard. Posted on February 10th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:52.6N 061:11.3W It’s a short sail from Canouan to Mustique, but upwind and across the prevailing currents and Atlantic swell, so you ...

2 Feb – Canouan, the haves and have nots

By Richard. Posted on February 6th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:42.45N 061:19.7W So, with the outboard motor fully serviceable, my back easing gently and enough tuna in the fridge to start a small ...

31 January – Union Island Blues

By Richard. Posted on February 5th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:35.7N 061:25W Chatham Bay is on the west side of Union Island and famously inaccessible by land. In recent years, a road has been bu...

25 Jan – Return to Carriacou

By Richard. Posted on January 31st, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:36.2N 061:27W Julie’s return was like a second Christmas – in more ways than one! Alongside the Red Cross delivery of tea and chocol...

19 Jan – ‘Just liming’ in Grenada

By Richard. Posted on January 21st, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:00.4N 061:44.1W With the departure of the Young People, we were in theory ready to head north. We returned to Port Louis Marina and ...

6 January – Exploring Grenada

By Richard. Posted on January 17th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:00N 61:45.9W We cured the New Year hangovers with a roadtrip to the north east coast of Grenada and the Belmont Estate. Before Hurri...

1 January 2018 – a Grenadian New Year

By Richard. Posted on January 15th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:02N 061:45W Eventually, after 11 days away from Port Louis Marina, we started to run low on fresh water. The watermaker has been act...

28 Dec 2017 – Do turtles vote for Christmas in the Grenadines?

By Richard. Posted on January 7th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:38N 061:21.2W Carriacou is pretty much the northern limit of Grenada, so we devoted a morning to the nice people at Immigration and Cu...

21 December: Grenadan Spice – Part 1

By Richard. Posted on December 27th, 2017 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

12:29.4N 061:29.6W The Carenage, St Georges Harbour, Grenada The marina at St Georges is quintessentially Caribbean- American. In a bea...

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