February 20th St Lucia We departed around 9:30am to head to Marigot Bay a short passage taking just over an hour. Marigot Bay is a very sheltered mangrove lined bay and is famous as a “hurricane hole” – a good place for boats to take shelter in a hurricane. It’s very pretty with a number …
St Lucia Feb 20th to 26th Read More »
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Happy birthday Tracey Grace! We tried to skype Trace with no luck so we left a singing skype message for her instead. Paul and Tracey are very good friends and Robbie says Paul is his “brother from another mother” Robbie’s other best mate is also called Paul and they are coming to visit us …
February 19th Chateaubelair St Vincent to Saint Lucia Read More »
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We had a slow start as it was only 7.7 miles to where we planned to head to the Blue Lagoon on Saint Vincent Island. We cruised past “Seamantha” to say farewell to John and Paulette. Hopefully we will see them again when they come to Australia to visit! We were sad to say goodbye. …
February 18th Bequia Island to Saint Vincent Island Read More »
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Hope you all had a nice St Valentine’s Day. We don’t normally celebrate this too much but it was such a nice day, in a beautiful location we made a picnic with a bottle of champagne (the last of our French ChampagneL) and a couple of beers and set ourselves up on the beach and …
February 14th Salt Whistle Bay Mayreau Island & Feb 15 Tobago Cays to Bequia Read More »
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We decided to have a lazy day and find a beach for a swim and a relax. We walked into town, Robbie managed to persuade the waiter in the Yacht club to change our phone credit into a data package, which he did in about 2 minutes. We then walked through town and found the …
12 Feb R & R at Sparrow Beach Resort Read More »
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We upped anchor at 9am and made our way out of the harbour, dodging the reefs heading towards Mayreau Island, only 7 miles away. As we departed we could see the two small islets, one natural and one man made which are inhabited by locals selling souvenirs which we didn’t bother to check out …
13 February Mayreau Island Read More »
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Had a fantastic sleep but woke up and it was quite windy and not that nice in the anchorage. We decided to check out and head to the next island, Union Island, which has an Ashton harbour and Village. Now that would be a must we thought! We went straight to the customs/immigration office …
February 11th Carriacou to Union Island Read More »
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February 10th Carriacou Hillsborough BayWe are struggling with internet so please be patient…It is a struggle to get an article and photos uploaded at the same time. The carnival festivities kept us awake for a little while but not too long, we were pretty tired. We had a good sleep but both woke quite early. …
Feb 10th Carriacou Hillsborough Bay Read More »
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8th & 9th February Our first mission was to get organised to go and fuel up at the fuel dock at Port St Charles. Robbie was keen to do this so he can work out the exact fuel usage on the crossing. We wanted to get duty free fuel so we had to wait until …
February 8th & 9th Departed Barbados for Carriacou Read More »
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February 7th: the wind has dropped and it is a beautiful day in Barbados. Robbie is going diving with Mark and Jennifer and my mission was to update the blog. Just as well – because it has been made “blog of the month” by Nordhavn! Eeek it has not been up to date either I …
February 7th Barbados Read More »
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