After a lovely gentle sail down the west coast of Union Island we anchored in the lee of Frigate Island near the town of Ashton. Exploring ashore, James met Peter and Liz from s/y Rhaphsode (a Nicholson 38) and invited them on board for sundowners. What a great couple who have totally inspired us to […]
Another triumph for Handy Jim! He has fixed the external 12v socket which failed when Gilly was staying. We hadn’t managed to identify where the fault lay during her visit but yesterday Handy Jim succeeded … at this rate, if and when we return to UK, he’ll be setting up business as an independent marine […]
After a few days back the floor of the house has stopped heaving up and down and the bed no longer feels rock still. Sleep, however, is still erratic. I was allowed to sleep a lot on Ocean Rainbow, with relatively few caustic comments from my hosts. It didn’t feel like sea-sickness – although when […]
After a crossing from Bequia to Canouan that was reminiscent of our Atlantic crossing we spent a few days chilling out in the turquoise waters of Charlestown Bay and then moved on to Tobago Cays where we swam with turtles, stingrays and all manner of small fish. The reef is amazing and one of the […]
With a touch of trepidation we left Soufriere at 5.30am and set off for St Vincent (which amongst yachties has a bad reputation for petty theft). As we approached St Vincent we were greeted with magnificent lush green forests. A fabulous sight. We made our way into Chateaubelaire and anchored. James went ashore for customs […]
Well you know the saying "... but not a drop to drink.” Sadly not in our case, the water is drinking water leaking from a split pipe under the sink! We’d just moved across from Bat Cave in Soufriere to a mooring buoy under Petite Piton when the leak was noticed. Despite James’ best endeavours […]
Well we did it, we hired a car to explore the island - we took to the roads and hairpin bends of St Lucia! Our little car struggled with the gradient, the buses overtook us but we managed to overhaul pedestrians – but we did have an unfair advantage – air conditioning! It was a […]
Well you know the saying …… James is back in UK, so Claire and Gilly are playing! We've climbed up to Rodney Fort on Pigeon Island, been snorkelling all over the bay using Puddle for the longer distance adventures! We’ve wandered through the shopping mall at Rodney Bay, chatted to all the roadside stall holders […]
What an extraordinary evening. We teamed up with Paul from Sonic Boom and went ashore to Gros Islet to experience our first 'Jump Up'. This is a weekly street party in the local part of Rodney Bay but this week was a special one as it was part of St Lucia’s Jazz & Arts Festival. […]
If you want to eat out in style then Marigot Bay is the place to be! What a treat to visit the Rainforest Hideaway for one of their Wednesday night jazz sessions. Freebooter picked us up in their dinghy and we made a speedy passage to far side of the lagoon where the restaurant has […]