Sojourn I Sailing
| Vessel Name: | SOJOURN I |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Outremer 45 |
| Hailing Port: | SYDNEY |
| Crew: | Sue and Bruce |
20 June 2019
Panama Canal
Shelter Bay marina was an enjoyable stay providing us the opportunity to visit Colon and also get Sojourn 1 ready for the canal. From the start we were impressed with how well organised the process of preparing and booking for the canal was. Onno joined us from Curacao to be part of the crew for the [...]
20 June 2019
Panama Canal
Shelter Bay marina was an enjoyable stay providing us the opportunity to visit Colon and also get Sojourn 1 ready for the canal. From the start we were impressed with how well organised the process of preparing and booking for the canal was. Onno joined us from Curacao to be part of the crew for the [...]
19 June 2019
Heading to Panama
Our original plan had us going from Jamaica to Cuba. But as we were enjoying our time in Jamaica and we had received a few recent bad report on Cuba we decided to stay longer in Jamaica and miss out Cuba. When it was time book out of Jamaica I explained to the immigration officer that we had spent longer [...]
08 April 2019 | Jamaica
Jamaica mon
With Sue back in Curacao we provisioned for the sail north to Jamaica, said goodbye to new friends, and motored away from Curacao Marine. As we entered to channel to exit Curacao harbour we called the Port Authority on VHF to ask them to open the bridge, but no answer. After a number of failed attempts [...]
14 March 2019
Back in the water
I arrived back in Curacao on 24 Jan to get work done on Sojourn 1 before Sue arrived. I was surprised by the number of people who were staying at the marina on their boats. Most were waiting for the weather to improve with others waiting on work or parts. A large number of different nationalities were [...]
27 February 2019 | Bonaire and Curacao
Haul out at Curacao
Time to catch up on the blog. A lot has happened since the last blog but I'll try to cover off on the important points of our cruising adventure.
St. Lucia
Next stop Rodney Bay. Good holding in sand off the resort in the bay. After having a chat with the Canadian couple we were happy to have dinner with them, and some other friends, that night at the marina - a Thai Restaurant actually - and it was good. The next day we found immigration, customs, etc and cleared in. Opps, had forgotten to clear out of Martinique due to the change of plan on the run. The last check out I had was from La Saints. After a period of silence he accepted that one.
Two days at Rodney Bay, including supermarket shopping, and we headed to Soufriere. We were met by a boat boy before the entrance to the bay and led all the way to a mooring. Tip paid and we headed into town for a look around. Not sure about this place, we don't feel comfortable. Numerous approaches from people looking for money, one followed us around. To top it off we were given conflicting information from the parks people on mooring costs. One night here and we moved around the corner to the Pitons. More conflicting information from parks people. A nice place and you could tender over to the resort for drinks, lunch, etc. General advice from a number of people we had met who had cruised this area for a number of years was, don't go to St Vincent, its dangerous. We spent two nights at the Pitons and then headed to Bequia, missing St Vincent. Hindsight comment - we should have gone there. But we didn't so no problem.
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