Adventure of a lifetime

Sailing round the world....slowly

Rolly, rainy but so much fun

29nms to Fort Bay on Saba (pronounced Sabre) We had cleared out with Customs/Immigration yesterday afternoon, so got the 0830 bridge opening this morning.  However, just as we were staring to pull the anchor at 0815, I heard the bridge operator stating the...

Dutch & French

17nms to Sint Maarten. Motored until we cleared Anguilla and then had a lovely downwind sail to Simpson Bay St Maarten. This island is half Dutch and half French. We are staying on the Dutch side as there is more depth for us to anchor in and there are 2 big...

32nms to Norman Island yesterday...including a quick stop at the baths. Too many tourists from a cruisers ship to even get into the baths, but Devils Bay was nice. Dinner at the Willy T. Going to be very windy for the next couple of days so will be staying on...

33nms today including a fishing expedition
0630 departure this morning – at least it was daylight this time. We have booked a mooring ball at Anegada as we want to ensure we have one whenever we get there, and we are going to go out to the dropoff...

Happy Birthday to Me!
Moved a whole 1 mile around to Bitter End Yacht Club and picked up a mooring. Spent most of the day ashore enjoying birthday cocktails, found an icecream, used the showers – very nice en-suite type cubicles and then went to...

11nms to Prickly Pear Island
Back at the anchorage we love so much. Went ashore and hiked over to the other side of the island. Stayed there for a bit, but as a squall was coming, we wanted to get back just to keep an eye on boat. Had a drink at the...