Well ok I didn't really finish the last season of blogging. I did say that the new yacht sale had fallen through and we were speeding our way back to Martinique. In actual fact we went all the way to Grenada which is much further south. We had hooked up with a German company that offers sailing trips to German tourists. We did want to offer them our super new boat but what the hell we sailed good old Doreen down there and met with the lovely Sabine and her colleague who just loved Doreen and put her on their list. N?ot only is the scheme extremely lucrative but I feel that it will be rather fun to have some guests aboard now and then.

However Colin was still pining for his new boat so we carried on looking once we got home and put an offer in for a boat on Tortola, paid the deposit and were looking forward to sailing her this season. Unfortunately poor Vandalay was wiped out by hurricane Irma. She fell on her side and was pierced to her entrails by the stands she was stored on. So the back to the drawing board.

Now we have found another boat to buy. BUT she is in Florida as all the boats for sale south of there have been wiped out either by Irma or Maria. So we have a very very long trip down from there to take the new boat back to Martinique, put on what we want from Doreen, and head of to our first booking in the Grenadines on 27th December. And we have Alexander to be picked up somewhere for his Christmas holidays. Just a tad stressful.

So we leave here on 24th October for Miami and, providing the boat passes survey and sea trial, the big adventure and the next episode of the blog will start there. Watch this space!