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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...

10 December – A Transatlantic Two-handed Escapade

By Richard. Posted on December 19th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 061:44.5W Speeding west… After some last-minute admin stuff on Saturday 25 November, we sailed from the anchorage at Mindelo, Cap...

Passage to Grenada – 8 December 1900UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 8th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 59:05W With just under 160 miles to run to the south coast of Grenada this ought to be our last night at sea for a while! We had...

Passage to Grenada – 7 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 7th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

11:58.6N 56:10W After a fast run in the previous 24 hours, the momentum has continued and we have made a further 165 miles towards Grena...

Passage to Grenada – 6 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 6th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 53:20W A fresh Easterly breeze is pushing us nicely down towards Grenada and this morning we gybed onto starboard tack for the ho...

Passage to Grenada – 5 December 1900UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 5th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:25N 50:33W Good progress in the last 24 hours with slightly stronger winds requiring reefed sails for much of the night – but champagn...

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