Well there we go one year gone! We've sailed from Fort Lauderdale to Newport, back down to the Bahamas and on to the Virgin Islands, 4848 miles to be precise! It's been a fabulous year, we have made lots of new friends, seen some amazing things and the boat has been a joy for the whole time.

Mike, Liz and the kids arrived in Ponce and we have cruised east along the Puerto Rico coast and are now enjoying the wonderful Spanish Virgin Islands. Seven aboard has been much easier than anticipated and we are now enjoying snorkeling, the beaches and the walking around here.

Culebrita has white sand, palm trees and not much in the way of crowds except at the weekends, so we may well spend quite a bit of time here in the weeks ahead.