Such fun to see Pete and Robbie on their Warrior PR2 again and, yes, the weather has improved! We've had a great catch up over sundowners and lovely food but now it's time for us to move on while they have to wait for outboard engine parts! All being well, we'll catch them 'down island'. […]
The Virgin Islands really are a wonderful sailing ground with little bays and anchorages to suit all tastes. We have avoided the popular ones with restaurants and pirate ships (Willy T's, Soggy Dollar etc) and gone for the smaller, quieter ones. The only blot on the horizon - the weather. It's been raining! So much […]
Last year Guanaja, Honduras this year BVI ... if you can't go skiing on your birthday, this has to be the best alternative! Glorious sunshine, turquoise waters, a turtle at your bathing platform, a ray in the bay and chocolate cake on the table!! We're now in Kay Cay, Peter Island with only one other […]
A great week in Ocean Rainbow's calendar. Our youngest granddaughter arrived at 8.52pm (in a bit of a hurry by all accounts!) on Wednesday 15th, weighing 8lbs 1oz. So Emily now has a little sister called Robyn Claire. Mother and baby are both exceedingly well and settling into a routine at home. And, we have […]
Turtles swimming around the boat again. We are at anchor in Moha Bay, St Johns and enjoying the beauty of our surroundings. After another exhilarating sail in sparkling conditions from St Thomas to St Johns we have taken a buoy in the National Parks. Although surrounded by quite a few yachts, which is not our […]
We've just had two of the best passages this season. Though still sailing hard on the wind, we had beautiful sparkling seas and no crashing or slamming because wave height was down, so Ocean Rainbow was in her element. We're now in St Thomas which is so much nicer than we'd expected and, at night, […]
We chilled out in the beautiful anchorage of Ensenada Del Sol, Vieques to wait out another 4 days of very strong winds. We explored Esperanza - didn't take long! We hiked to see the bioluminescent bay but no bioluminescence because of the weather. We finally made a break for it and sailed as far as […]
We had a lovely trip out to Survivor Falls on the edge of the Carite forest. Not exactly the biggest we had ever seen but certainly one of the prettiest with three pools of crystal clear water. Thank goodness for maps.me as signposts are non existent! Ponce carnival was fun with a lovely family atmosphere […]