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26 May – Heading North along Florida’s Atlantic coast

By Richard. Posted on June 7th, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.

29:53.6N 081:18.6W We sailed from Key West at sunset, appropriately enough for the self-styled ‘home of the sunset’. It’s a great place...

20 May – Of Mustangs and cats in the Florida Keys

By Richard. Posted on June 3rd, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.

24:33.9N 81:48.2W On Saturday 19th, we embarked on our first US road trip. You have to do these things properly, so we hired a bright r...

18 May – discovering the Conch Republic and the Dry Tortugas

By Richard. Posted on June 3rd, 2018 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, USA.

24:33.9N 81:48.1W It’s just 90 miles to Key West and the passage should have been pretty straightforward. Indeed it was, until daylight...

13 May – images of rural Cuba

By Richard. Posted on May 30th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

23:05.3N 082:30.1W On Sunday, our last day in Cuba, we returned to Marina Hemingway via an UNESCO biosphere reserve called Las Terrazas....

12 May – Heading west in Cuba

By Richard. Posted on May 30th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

23:05.3N 082:30.1W The journey from Havana to Viñales took about two and a half hours along a reasonably well maintained, almost empty du...

10 May – Havana Main Course

By Richard. Posted on May 30th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

23:05.3N 082:30.1W On Thursday, we enlisted Rafia as a guide and returned to the city centre to ‘do the sights’. The weather was threate...

9 May – Havana Aperitif

By Richard. Posted on May 30th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

23:05.3N 082:30.1W The morning after our arrival at Marina Hemingway, a car picked us up and whisked us off to breakfast with the Pakista...

8 May – This Cruising Life… a Cuban Adventure Part 2

By Richard. Posted on May 20th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

23:05.34N 082:30W Returning to the boat from Raphael Freyre, we met our new neighbour Frederik and his crew Francoise. A Swedish hortic...

3 May – an introduction to Cuba

By Richard. Posted on May 17th, 2018 in Cuba, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

21:04.3N 075:57.3W So we sailed for Cuba at sunset on 1 May. That night, the wind rose from the north east, gradually veered into the e...

1 May – Heading west from Puerto Rico

By Richard. Posted on May 12th, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

20:57.5N 073:41W Extracts from the Ships Log… Saturday 28 April Weighed anchor and got under way around eight o’clock, threading our way...

27 April – the passing of time, old friends and the coast of Puerto Rico

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

17:58N 067:02.4W Firstly, some sad news. Our friend David Williams, the Kiwi firefighter who owned a lovely Dufour ‘Te Rere’ and who we...

22 April – exploring Old San Juan

By Richard. Posted on April 23rd, 2018 in Caribbean – Leeward Islands, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

18:17.3N 065:38W The Friday morning drive to San Juan, on the north coast of Puerto Rico, was uneventful and uninspiring. Much of the s...

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26 May – Heading North along Florida’s Atlantic coast

20 May – Of Mustangs and cats in the Florida Keys

18 May – discovering the Conch Republic and the Dry Tortugas

13 May – images of rural Cuba

12 May – Heading west in Cuba

10 May – Havana Main Course

9 May – Havana Aperitif

8 May – This Cruising Life… a Cuban Adventure Part 2

3 May – an introduction to Cuba

1 May – Heading west from Puerto Rico

27 April – the passing of time, old friends and the coast of Puerto Rico

22 April – exploring Old San Juan