Court Short

Wow! We have certainly had a truly Caribbean Easter service!   We got up at sparrows this morning (well, sparrows for us!) and dinghied in to the dock in Rodney Bay to meet up with Annemarie and Steve from Freebooter at 6.45am.   We then caught the local bus to Castries and went to Holy Trinity for […]

What a fabulous 10 days onboard Ocean Rainbow in Martinique, with plenty of sun, sea, and ..... snorkels. We did not venture far for our first stop and found a beautiful anchorage in Grande Anse.  Here we began our arduous relaxation sessions including snorkelling, sunbathing, snoozing and sundowners and we ventured ashore for a hike […]

The fish score is still 'Null' despite Verity's best endeavours but she did manage to not only swim with turtles but also ride with them (as did Edward and James).  Ocean Rainbow is now a rather empty boat as E&V headed back to UK yesterday but there are lots of photos and happy memories.   We […]

It’s wonderful to have E&V on board and we are thoroughly enjoying their company although not too sure that James is quite so happy about his share of the uncooked fruitcake mix!   So far no fish however Edward did catch a crab but we decided to put it back in the water as it wouldn’t […]

At last the day has arrived!  Edward and Verity are on their way to Martinique and we are anchored in Fort de France ready to welcome them on board Ocean Rainbow and show them some of the lovely anchorages we have visited on this island.    We're hoping the clouds will have passed on by […]

You wouldn’t believe it, we’ve spent so long anchoring in harbours and bays that we’ve completely forgotten the drill for coming alongside a pontoon.   When we called in at Le Marin, Martinique to refuel and take water on board we were seconds from the pontoon when the marinero remarked ‘Capitaine – no fenders!’ so we […]

Once is enough!   Our visit to the Boiling Lake, the second largest one in the world, was a 7 hour round trip hike.  When we weren’t going up vertically, we were going down and when we weren’t going down we were going up …. It was unrelenting!    Thank goodness we set off at 0630 – […]

James woke this morning to the strains of Happy Birthday … from the next door boat!   We have yet to discover who is celebrating but James celebrated last night at the mid-week beach BBQ at Portsmouth, Dominica!   The food was just as good as the one we’d attended a few weeks ago but the music […]

What a great time to be in Montserrat.   There are only two countries in the world that have a National Holiday on St Patrick's Day - Ireland and Montserrat!   A week of activities and celebrations including an official 'pub crawl' (no - we didn't participate!), a freedom run and lots of concerts and shows lead […]

Where to start!  We had a great time in English Harbour, Antigua with the Glyn-Jones’, lunches on board, superb dinner ashore at the Inn and a great day sail to Indian Creek.  Then Jon arrived on Hecla and we had a final supper with him on board Ocean Rainbow for this season as we go […]