Every now and again our tolerance for a little extra risk pays dividends. That was the case as we guinea-pigged our way under moonlight up the shallow mangrove-lined channel that runs through the middle of Guadeloupe on our way to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
In our high school days we always thought history class was the most boring of all the subjects. Why we should care about what happened hundreds of years ago was never clear to us. Since then, our opinion about the … Continue reading
Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica
Once landing in the Caribbean after 19 days at sea, we wanted nothing more than to spend a few relaxing days bumming around Martinique with the family and drinking coconut milk. We should have known better. Our “to do” list … Continue reading
Atlantic Crossing Day 19
It took us 18 days, 12 hours, 45 minutes to do what Christopher Columbus famously did during five weeks in the fall of 1492. I am talking, of course, about sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to … Continue reading
Atlantic Crossing Day 12
We’re learning that in the Atlantic you just never know what to expect next. In theory we should be sailing in steady 15-20 knot tradewind conditions almost the whole way across the ocean. But given the frequent storms we’ve encountered … Continue reading
Atlantic Crossing Day 8
We are not optimists, we are realists, and we never expected our Atlantic crossing to be all smooth sailing without any incidents. That’s a good thing because we would have been in for a rude awakening when our mainsail halyard … Continue reading