“Île Fourchue, also known as Île Fourche is an island between Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin, belonging to the Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy. The island’s inside is privately owned. It is located about 3 NM north-west of the island of Saint…
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…