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Here we go again, see if this works!!............A VELCRO PARTING FROM PUERTO LA CRUZ AND MORE… A sad day as we leave PLC…after 8 weeks of boredom, frustration and general stir-craziness it was a day to look forward to…but then I realised what I was leaving…the espanol lessons, the gym, the good friends, the pool, the bars, the restaurants, the golf course…the markets, the people……it was a velcro parting…the boat was welded to the dock……we left with a wrench……..I feel I’ll be back! But here we are now, it’s midnight and I’ve just been woken for my 4 hour shift. It takes a few minutes to acclimatize to the rock and roll and the darkness. A quick rundown on the situation from the skipper and I’m alone. A good wind is following us and with the ... read more

Last week we had our first lobster dinner her on the rock and it was FANTASTIC! First and foremost we have to thank Lobster fisherman Michel for bringing the lobsters! Second we have to talk about how to and what you need and how to go about this lobster dinner making thing. 1. Get a hold of some fresh lobsters! For us this was easy since Michel asked us if we liked to make some lobsters at our place. The fishermen here on Saba go fishing on the Saba banks that is about 2hrs out from the island (we didn't pick them off the dive sites!). They they keep the lobsters in traps down at the harbor and bring them over to St.Maarten about once a week. So Michel brought 4 1 and 1/2 to 2 ... read more

Time flies and we are not getting around to writing blogs as often, so let’s try to catch up! Living at Saba Living here in the Caribbean we have all doors and windows open and the other day a goat wandered into our living room.After taking a picture we tried to “shhuuee” it out it did what goat’s does, jumping and kicking its back legs! Luckily it did not hit either laptops or tv! Refurbishing one of the boats in St. Maarten We spent four days in Simpson bay in St. Maarten refurbishing one of the dive boats. It was hard work doing all the sanding, painting and fixing of this and that, but we did get out for some good food every night! We stayed at the Azure Guesthouse owned by fellow divers Mike and ... read more

It has already been over a week since we came down to this 13 square km island - and things are going well! The first week has been filled with getting to know the locals and the island, carnival, moving house... Work-wise we have been diving and trying to learn everything about the dive boat as we are going to be skippers one day - but we talk more about work stuff in another blog. To start from the beginning - the trip from Ancaster to Saba We got up at 0130 in the morning to ensure we have time for a coffee before we started our trip to Toronto. Mo was even up to wave us good bye, Klaus was our driver and took us all the way to departures at Toronto airport. We wanted ... read more

Message reçu de France en fin de journée mardi un petit message pour te rassurer nous sommes partis de Saba ce matin parce qu'ils nous ont annoncé du ENE en après midi et ce soir. actuellement à 17h30, notre position 17-45-60N par 63-02-17W vent de l'est à 22 noeuds le plus haut enregistré a été 29.5 de l'est les vagues sont grosses et de l'est très bien formées nous avons un cap de 152 degrés magnétique présentement c'est le mieux que nous puissions faire. nous pensons à la Guadeloupe si tout va bien. ta météo personnalisée sera bien appréciée à l'est de Montserat 16-50N par 62-08W pour demain et pour la Guadeloupe 15-N par 62W nous passerons aussi à l'est de Nevis Moana se comporte bien, un riz dans la grand voile ,la trinquette et un ... read more