Wow, do we have stories...Pete's debit card was compromised on April 4. On April 5 mine was compromised. The charges are coming out of texas. After spending a few minutes on Skype, we heard our bank telling us it would take around 10 days for a full refund. Some of the cruisers have been hit with as much as 6K. Fortunately, we heard about it early on and cut off the card before they could wipe us out for this month. Scary!! Pete's card was compromised in Antigua. Mine was compromised in St. Marteen. I went to the bank where my [View Full Entry]

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Anegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It lies approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Virgin Gorda. Anegada is the only inhabited one of the British Virgin Islands formed from coral and limestone, rather than being of volcanic origin. While the other islands are mountainous, Anegada is flat and low. Its highest point is only about 28 feet (8.5 m) above sea level, earning it the name which translates as “the drowned land.” At about 15 square miles (38 square kilometers), Anegada i [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we had the outboard start a clacking noise. We called for help from Non Linear. Jon came over to where we were, getting a wire repair from FKG. He and Pete worked on it for an hour to no avail. So we went shopping. 2 hours later, we had bought an 18 HP Tohatsu, 2 stroke. Works great! We are hoping the dinghy stays together...You got to remember, the dinghy is used as your personal car. Gets a lot of abuse. We probably would have bought the package deal, except they did not have correct size in stock. We are [View Full Entry]

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Easter Sunday, our little group took of in a local bus ($1 US) to Sunset Beach. This beach is very important to St Martin, it is in the Dutch side. The airport landing strip is just beyond the beach. The 747's lands on Sunday and Thursday afternoon. So here we are in beautiful Sunset Beach, watching the planes land and take off. Around 2:30 pm here it comes. Mom is laying down on the sand with Sony ready for a movie. Yes, here it comes, the wheels are about 10 feet over the fence, cars stop before runway cause they don't [View Full Entry]

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Love Marigot Bay. The French really know how to make you welcome. $5 Euro to check in...Didn't even look at our passports...Went for lunch at L'Armantine, took Non Linear. This restaurant offers specials for lunch everyday. These particular day they had Carpaccio de Beouf, for those of you that do not know French, it is raw beef, with a caper sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese, for $10 Euros per person, includes fries and a salad. We noticed our lady waitress, had improved her English in a year. Pete made sure to let her know. In order to find this restaurant, if [View Full Entry]

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We are here in Simpson Bay, Free Beer, and $4 US hamburgers with fries, we are content. [View Full Entry]

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Ile Fourche is part of St. Bart. St. Bart is St. Bartholemy. The moorings at this island are free. There is absolutely nothing here. It is a nature reserve. No fishing. Darn huge Cuda, ugly, fat, scarred up was under our boat for hours. Took us around 12 hours to come from Barbuda. [View Full Entry]

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We are still in Barbuda, loved it!!! Talk about speechless, it is one of those times. A wow! And you know there are not too many times I have been speechless. We started our day with Cayuga picking us up, went to beach. We had a local tour of the "Black Frigate Birds". We learned to tell the male from females, the young ones, etc. I got pictures! The males they have this mating call and their chest swells up in red balloon. The females after mating, they feed the males and the young. The males leave in or around May [View Full Entry]

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Today is Pete's birthday. I made him a Key Lime Pie a Lo Belliard. We played dominoes with Perseverance and Non Linear last night on Perseverance. Non Linear leaving this afternoon for Deep Bay, a few miles North. We are staying put here till Tuesday, then we will go for Barbuda. The wind is finally going down. We are waiting for the seas to moderate some more. Looks like Tuesday through next Sunday we will be traveling. 1 island at a time. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Antigua 8 days ago. Weather is not good. Pin down again. In Antigua you can get anything you want, 1st rate grocery stores!! Like in the USA. All for a price of course. [View Full Entry]

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