Sojourn I Sailing

Vessel Name: SOJOURN I
Vessel Make/Model: Outremer 45
Hailing Port: SYDNEY
Crew: Sue and Bruce
20 June 2019
20 June 2019
19 June 2019
08 April 2019 | Jamaica
14 March 2019
27 February 2019 | Bonaire and Curacao
14 August 2018 | Grenada
10 August 2018 | Frigate Is and Tobago Keys
29 July 2018 | Bequia
29 July 2018 | St Lucia
29 July 2018 | Martinique
15 May 2018
24 April 2018
24 April 2018
25 November 2017
03 November 2017
17 October 2017
17 October 2017
17 October 2017
Recent Blog Posts
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.

Frigate Island

10 August 2018 | Frigate Is and Tobago Keys
We had been communicating with our French friends on Rootsie who were anchored on Frigate Is near Union Is and were looking forward to stopping there for a few days. It was great to catch up with Veronique and Didier along with their Swiss friends, Patrick and Lilly on a nice 60ft mono. We made numerous visits to Union island and supplies and a little sightseeing. The people are friendly and this was our first introduction to the small buses.
Sue and I took Sojourn 1 our to Tobago Keys for a night and got to snorkel with the many turtles and fish in the area. We also took up the offer of the locally cooked meal on Petit Bateau Is. Not a cheap meal but we were happy given the assistance for mooring and supporting the effort the guys go to just to get to the Keys each day.
We spent 14 days anchored at Frigate and the Keys before moving further south. Our boat insurance required us to be below 12 deg 9' before the official start of the hurricane season, we needed to keep moving.
(photo of the Keys courtesy of Didier)
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