It's feast or famine this year. Either no wind or too much which is turning our passage back to the Eastern Caribbean into something of a marathon. We plan a passage and then find ourselves at sea for twice as long as expected; however, the latest little adventure was to catch a heavy duty nylon […]
Awoken from a deep sleep by the constant sounding of a klaxon, we peered out of our cabin to find the local ferry virtually parked against our bow with a fairly irate immigration official on the front, gesticulating at us, wanting to know when were we leaving: first light, we replied, as agreed when we […]
We had a little difficulty checking out of Cienfuegos en route to Trinidad as the authorities got the impression we were heading for Jamaica and almost cancelled our visas!!! All well though and we had an idyllic sail with big winds, flat seas and sun almost all the way to Casilda. We're getting […]
We've made it!! OR is tucked up in the marina, we caught a communal taxi to Havana, found a room with an amazing view and then walked the rubber off the soles of our 'sturdy' shoes. What an amazing city. It's on the go all day and all night. Lovely old buildings, lovely old cars […]
No, not the clouds - the bread! Cuba may not have luscious vegetables but it does have delicious white bread that is super scrummy! However, it does not - so far - have the best weather! Oh my goodness in the early hours of yesterday morning the anchorage was mayhem as the predicted high winds hit […]
18 days and 565nm after leaving Belize we finally manage to get onto dry land and check in! Our passage across to Cuba took 5 days but then the weather closed in and we had to run for shelter where we spent a further 4 days resting, before making a break for Nuevo Gerona. However, […]
Cay Caulker is a wonderful place to welcome in the New Year and what a lovely evening with sailing friends. We met on Makani for appetisers and drinks, then dinghied into town for a delicious meal at a little waterfront restaurant. The evening was rounded off with a champagne toast, mince pies, brandy butter, marzipan […]
Christmas 2016 was really very different in more ways than one: we celebrated it on Christmas Eve at Hutson Cay with a fabulous dinner of lobster, conch and octopus, as well as the more traditional mincemeat shortbread and brandy butter; it was an international evening in three languages and we sang carols (in two languages), […]
Actually a 61st ..... We hosted a traditional birthday tea party this year (without the jelly and ice cream - too hot!!!) to celebrate Claire's ever increasing wisdom ... and years!!! We'd made it to the anchorage in Placencia, Belize and were reunited with our French, Swiss, Austrian and Canadian friends so decided that something […]
What a wonderful country. Although it's such a good feeling to be sailing again there is so much about this beautiful country that we shall miss. The people who smile and laugh, who bargain and barter with such good humour and who just love life. The fabulous fruit and veg and delicious meat, the howler […]
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