On February 21, 2020, we dropped our anchor off of the Gustavia Marina. The pleasure boat harbor there and all outlaying bays and bights are always crowded with boats of all different types and sizes. The main…
Statia/Sint Eustatius
Statia is a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean which is now a part of the Caribbean Netherlands and Dutch Overseas region. It’s probably the least interesting place we encountered in our passage North through the Caribbean towards the US.…
Saint Kitts and Nevis
We got a nice weather passage to the island of Nevis from Antigua. Pretty soon, we had Nevis in our view. We arrived to Charlestown, Nevis’ main city and…
Îles des Saintes and Guadeloupe
Îles des Saintes The passage from Dominica to Îles des Saintes is short. After just a few hours, we could spot the islands with the island of Guadeloupe in the background. Îles des Saintes is a group of small…
Dominica
Roseau We got some greatest sailing this day! There was a broad reach at around 15 knots of wind and a smooth sea so we sailed at around 7-8 knots with hardly any heel! Soon, we spotted the outline of…
Martinique
After a great stay at the Rodney Bay Marina, on January 12, we finally cast off their dock and motored out to the anchorage in the bay itself. Rodney Bay is a nice and well protected anchorage, very popular with…
St. Lucia
After we arrived to Rodney Bay Marina, we had to fill out customs and immigration forms at the marina office and then took a look around. There was a small market, a few restaurants, and even a pool at the…
Atlantic Crossing – Lanzarote to St. Lucia
Within moments of leaving the marina and setting sail, our boat was immediately flanked on both sides by a pod of dolphins (video left). They jumped and swam alongside us for practically an hour while we gained speed and made…
Lanzarote, Spain – Canary Islands
We finally reached Lanzarote in mid November on the 24th and docked in Marina Rubicon in the southern part of the island. Immediately, we had the batteries checked. Unfortunately, the marina electrician wasn’t able to figure out what was the…