We’ve actually travelled over 7000nm in the last year, visited 15 countries, 28 different islands, anchored in 121 different bays and harbours and last stayed in a marina on 21st November – somewhat more of a challenge than we first imagined. Now we are preparing to haul Ocean Rainbow out and spend the hurricane season […]
Well it had to happen at some stage but ne’er mind we are not phased!! Last night’s supper was extra delicious with the addition of weevils in the rice – cost saving too as we could cut down on the mince content of the chilli. It’s perhaps a good job that Ishtar refused the offer […]
We spent a totally magical evening on Levera beach on the northeast coast of Grenada. After a briefing from one of the guides we were taken to watch the 'turtle volunteers' release some hatchlings that had emerged earlier in the day (taken off the beach in the heat of the day and released at […]
Well that’s got your attention!! We’re actually referring to the state of Claire’s hands as she continues to make winch covers by hand! The windlass cover is complete but there is an added task – we got back to OR yesterday and found that the forepeak hatch cover had blown off! This means working with […]
On terra firma ‘Mr Ovenu’ rescues Claire’s cooker on an annual basis – sadly on Ocean Rainbow this is not the case. Today Claire bit the bullet and spent a very long time on the bathing platform removing the evidence of a year’s worth of baking and roasting! Luckily, there was a welcome break in […]
At 7.30am on Wednesday, just as the sun was rising above the hills, we set off in very calm water, in the dinghy, to search for the underwater sculptures placed in the bay at Molinere Point by eco-artist Jason de Caires Taylor. No madding crowds to contend with we had the bay to ourselves, idyllic […]
It’s official, Rhapsode are now Three Bay Friends – but sadly they are also on their way to Trini so we won’t be meeting again until next season. Our final outing with them was to White Island, another great trip organised by Suzy on Spirited Lady. We set off with Sherwin in his pirogue “Lambi […]
A busy few days on Ocean Rainbow! On Thursday we’d invited Brian on Pyxis over for supper and luckily an email from his wife arrived in the nick of time to alert us to the fact it was his birthday! No time to bake a cake but we did manage to make some birthday cookies! […]
Travelling on a Bank Holiday requires a little bit of negotiation, we managed to get an 'off duty' bus from Tyrrel Bay to Windward on the NW coast of Carriacou. However once in Windward we discovered that the ‘ferry’ was experiencing technical problems so James negotiated a ride in a black & grey camouflage pirogue […]
We left Ashton rather reluctantly (but time marches on) and set off across the acceleration zone between Union Island and Carriacou - we weren’t disappointed, the wind blew between 28 and 35 knots. So our passage to Petite Martinique was both lively and fast; we stopped off to collect water and, after a quick whizz […]