Court Short

After an exhausting few days sailing to and checking in at Falmouth, Antigua we decided a weekend retreat in Deep Bay was just what we needed.    The anchorage came highly recommended and has lived up to expectations.  We really enjoyed snorkelling over the wreck of the ‘Andes’ – a first time for diving over a […]

Sailing took a back seat for the day – we went to the Sir Vivien Richards’ Memorial Cricket Grounds and watched England play the West Indies!   What an amazing experience.   It was the third day of the ODI series (tied at one all) and, on the advice of our taxi driver, we had seats on […]

We had fun celebrating our first St David's Day in the Caribbean.   We flew our flags and ate leeks for supper which we shared with Colin and Izzi from Endorphin.  They arrived brandishing a leek and dressed in red, white and green!   They seem to have decided that dressing-up is obligatory on Ocean Rainbow!     On […]

Not such a fun sail to Iles des Saintes -  we left Portsmouth in a fine drizzle with poor visibility and light winds.   Then James got soaked in torrential rain, the wind died off and we even used the engine!   However the wind returned and we arrived at the islands in sunshine under sail which […]

What an amazing island!  Photos just don't seem to do it justice.   Dominica is so green with lush vegetation stretching from skies to sea.  We had a very full day yesterday with 'rally driver' Steve at the wheel of our hire car - it's thanks to his skills that we managed to cover so much […]

We had a great sail across from Martinique to Dominica - the acceleration zone didn't let us down!  We creamed along at 8knots despite being reefed right down - Ocean Rainbow in her element.    We are now anchored in Prince Rupert Bay in Portsmouth although we did start off in Roseau for the first night […]

We moved up to St Pierre to check out of  Martinique and about halfway up the coast and a mile offshore we spotted our first whale - it was so large we were delighted it was at quite a distance, as it breached numerous times sending up huge plumes of water.  We promise that splash […]

This picture really is true - James made it up to the top of the mast whilst we were at anchor.  The sea was calm but the gusts of wind coming  through were up to 15 knots so no mean achievement for a chap with vertigo!   It's all down to the marvellous bosun's chair that […]

A party with a difference this year as the alternative option to black tie was fancy dress – and we certainly got some ‘fancy’ dressing!   A really fun evening started with the arrival of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, swiftly followed by the Jesters who were trying to escape from the clutches of a bunch of pirates […]

We left Grand Anse on Wednesday afternoon and had a great sail to Fort de France, did a bit of sight seeing and even had a BBQ at anchor in the harbour.   After a bit of a rolly night 'P' day dawned and Claire set off in the bus to the hospital.   What a relief! […]