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28 March – an introduction to the British Virgin Islands

By Richard. Posted on April 14th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

18:30.5N 064:23.2W 25 March, was designated a ‘maintenance day’ at anchor in Road Bay, Anguilla and we spent a reasonable amount of it i...

25 March – (Doubly Dutch) Sint Maarten and gently British Anguilla

By Richard. Posted on March 28th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

18:12N 063:05.6W The main mission of our trip to the Dutch side of St Martin was to find a refill for our cooking gas bottle. The shop, ...

24 March – St Martin – split personality?

By Richard. Posted on March 28th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

18:04.2N 063:05.6W We could have stayed longer at Montserrat to do some walking, but we had seen the ‘main attraction’ (the volcano) and...

20 March – discovering Montserrat

By Richard. Posted on March 24th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

16:48.1N 062:12.5W We walked across to Nelson’s Dockyard to complete Customs and Immigration formalities out of Antigua. First thing in...

18 March – Further Escapades in Antigua

By Richard. Posted on March 19th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

17:04.6N 061:40.3W The expensive corner of Falmouth Harbour, viewed from the top of the mast There are three or four ‘marinas’ in Falmou...

13 March – Colour, cricket and chillin’ in Antigua

By Richard. Posted on March 19th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

17:00.8N 061:46.4W Despite the unusual disturbances, we decided to stay in Freeman Bay overnight. Nelson’s Dockyard in English Harbour ...

8 March – Marie Galante, Guadeloupe and English Harbour

By Richard. Posted on March 16th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

17:00.2N 061:45.6W The anchorage at Marie Galante By Saturday morning the wind had gone around to the south west and dropped. We set of...

3 March – Les Iles des Saintes

By Richard. Posted on March 16th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

15:51N 061:37.3W In terms of sightseeing, there was not a great deal more that we could have done in Dominica, apart from tour disaster ...

28 Feb – Dominica: Bonto’s story

By Richard. Posted on March 8th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

15:34.6N 061:27.6W On Wednesday 28 February we were up early and met Bonto at 0700 to cruise up the Indian River in his boat. It’s a Na...

27 Feb – First impressions of Dominica

By Richard. Posted on March 8th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

15:34.6N 061:27.6W Shortly after we were secured off the beach at Portsmouth, Dominica a boat boy named Bonto showed up. ‘Welcome to ou...

27 Feb – Windward to Leeward

By Richard. Posted on March 8th, 2018 in Caribbean – Windward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

14:44.1N 061:10.7W The passage up the west coast of Martinique to St Pierre from Anse d’Arlet was splendid: for the first time for sever...

26 Feb – Breaking out of Marin

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

14:29.3N 061:04.9W Whilst we waited for Jacques to do his wizardry and the nice chaps at North Sails to make a more professional repair o...

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28 March – an introduction to the British Virgin Islands

25 March – (Doubly Dutch) Sint Maarten and gently British Anguilla

24 March – St Martin – split personality?

20 March – discovering Montserrat

18 March – Further Escapades in Antigua

13 March – Colour, cricket and chillin’ in Antigua

8 March – Marie Galante, Guadeloupe and English Harbour

3 March – Les Iles des Saintes

28 Feb – Dominica: Bonto’s story

27 Feb – First impressions of Dominica

27 Feb – Windward to Leeward

26 Feb – Breaking out of Marin