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James and Claire Short, Adventures at Sea!
31 August, 2015
Goat Racing

Buccoo is famous not only for its reef but also for its goat racing which is held in the swankiest stadium in the world!  The Goat Races were held as part of the annual Heritage Festival.  It was an absolute hoot.  The jockeys run alongside – or are dragged behind the goats – and it’s […]

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26 August, 2015
Mr Piggy and Zorro

We know, it sounds like the title of a children’s book but we can assure you that Mr Piggy and Zorro are real people!   They were responsible for taking us on a great tour of Tobago.   Zorro sang Calypso and gave us lots of island history pointing out homes of various relatives as he drove […]

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24 August, 2015
Tobago

Well we've made it and jolly nearly all the way under sail.   The crow would have flown 56nm - provided he'd actually decided to go considering the squalls, thunder and lightening we experienced.   Ocean Rainbow actually sailed 84nm and we made best use of the wind that came with the rain and we got to […]

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16 August, 2015
Been on 'Oliday!

We've just returned from holiday!! We took off for a few days living without WiFi, phones, shops and people. Where have we been? An abandoned leper colony! 6 miles off the Venezuelan coastline and 7 miles from Chaguaramas is an island called Chacachacare where the Hansenian Settlement was established in 1924 by Dominican nuns. The […]

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16 August, 2015
Kay's Canvas

It's taken longer than we'd anticipated but we are now totally prepared for all weathers. Kay has finished our Bimini with its removable sides and front panel as well as new sail covers for the mainsail and the staysail. They've been protected by '303' - the wonder working fluid used in the aerospace business - […]

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10 August, 2015
On the hard

It's hard on the hard! Yachts are designed to be in the water so when they are lifted out onto dry land (known as being on the hard) living on board becomes a lot more of a challenge. We have just spent 5 days ashore so that we could have a survey done (to satisfy our […]

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6 August, 2015
Weekend Off

We slipped our mooring buoy in Chaguaramas on Friday morning and headed off to the island of Monos and the quiet anchorage of Grand Fond.  It’s also known as Turtle Bay and sure enough on approaching the shallows we spotted a small turtle.   We anchored with only one other yacht and by the evening we […]

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3 August, 2015
Noodling

Well, we know all about “canoodling” but we have only come across ‘noodling’ since being in the Caribbean and it’s only since coming to Trinidad that Claire has actually participated … its actually far too much like hard work for James!   To enlighten you: a noodle is a long circular piece of foam (sometimes with […]

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