We have decided to move from the Caribbean back to Europe which for us means a long voyage across the Atlantic to the Azores and then on to either Spain or the UK. The past few weeks has been a hive of activity for us as we get the boat ready for the crossing, all the safety gear has to be checked and working, cold weather clothing needs to be unpacked and the boat need to be filled with food enough to spend up to 5 weeks at sea and plenty of fresh water. During this time we have been studying the weather on the passage we will take as well as learning to down load the weather fax from the SSB radio and learning to read the synoptic charts.

We have almost completed all our tasks and are now looking for a weather window in which to make our passage, there are several boats here in St Martin all getting ready for the crossing and sharing information, especially those that have done this route before. It's quite an exciting time here at the moment.