SV Lover Of The Light

OK, this morning we pretty much bashed into for over three hours to sail on a close-hauled reach from Saint Lucia to St Anne's in Martinique. At first, the seaway was not that bad with seas lumpy and bumpy at 3-4 feet. Lover Of The Light was actually holding...

Yesterday, after spending four days in Bequia, and having a really delightful reunion and catch-up with our good friends on Renegade, the crew on Lover Of The Light weighed anchor at 0500 in Admiralty Bay, unfurled the main sail and started making our way out...

Another victorious sail! And again a close reach, sailing from Chatham Bay to Bequia. Not as sporty as Sunday's sail, since yesterday the northerly swell largely went away and our seas were relatively flat at 1-3 feet. We took no green water over the bow,...

Today we cut ties on the dock in Port Louis, Grenada and headed out to begin a long anticipated sail north for our 2025 cruising season along the Caribbean island chain.

First, we motored off shore from Port Louis and had fun and games emptying...

Starting January 4, we spent 6 days on a mooring in Prickly Bay, rented from former owners of the nearby West Indies dive shop, and then we moved to Port Louis Marina for three days to more easily facilitate additional repairs on Lover Of The Light.

The past two days saw the crew on the good ship Lover Of The Light intentionally take advantage of northeasterly winds, and on Thursday, sailing on a course heading of about 200°, we had a beautiful 6 hour downwind sail to Tyrell Bay in Carriacou. With seas...