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February 17th 2013
Grenada After a longish sail we arrived just as night was falling into Prickly Bay, Grenada. Yet did we know this would be our home for nearly three weeks! As we manoeuvred through the many boats we set the anchor and took our first glimpse of "The Bensons" Tina, Nick, Ollie and Ted a Devon based family who we met a few years ago while watching our boys play rugby in a cold wet Topsham. The Bensons had rented a villa nearby for one week and were then due to join us for one week whilst we explore the neighbouring islands. Once on land and cuddles all around we went back to their villa and enjoyed a delicious curry and the first of three nights in a bed that doesn't move! How funny what ... read more
Interested in Buying a Sailboat?
Published: October 16th 2012Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Saint David
October 16th 2012
I know this one may be getting you wondering - are the Waller's giving up sailing? Have they moved quickly back to Grenada in the Caribbean? The answer is no - definitely not!! What is happening is friends of ours that we made while in the Caribbean have gone back to Sweden to work and they have decided to sell their sailboat, Snowbird. The boat is currently located in Grenada. They are trying to get the word out about her as many ways as possible and they asked us if we would post information about it in our blog. We told them we would - we know that many of you are not sailors, but if you know anyone that might be interested in buying a sailboat, please check out the details at the following location: ... read more
April 27th 2012
25.4.2012 Dinner last night in Cosmopolitan Restaurant, fantastic, john had steak and I had osso bucco – dined alone as Blake and Suzi had early dive so went to dinner very early. We went to the 9.00p.m.show in the theatre and that was very colourful and music was great, the shows have been a lot of fun. Docked in St Georges 8.00a.m. – very mountainous – the streets go straight up the mountain from the port – the beaches are very white and the waters blue. Had a two hour walk around this fishing port and then spent a couple of hours by the pool. Very sunny down in the port but clouds cover the tops of the mountains. Our anniversary today in Aus but not here – so joined Blake and Suzi around 5.30p.m., they ... read more
Give Carriacou a 2nd Chance – We are glad we did!
Published: December 28th 2011Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Carriacou
December 28th 2011
When we were traveling south we moved quickly through many of the islands as we needed to get below 12 degrees latitude for the hurricane season. One of the islands we did stop at was Carriacou. This 13 square mile island with approximately 7,000 people is the southern-most island in the Grenadines. The Grenadines are a group of small islands found between St. Vincent and Grenada. The northern portion of the Grenadines are part of St. Vincent and the southern portion of the islands are part of Grenada. We had been told it was a good anchorage on the way south and it enabled us to check into Grenada so if we wanted to stop anywhere along the coast of Grenada we could legally. We took their advice – it was an easy check in process... read more
How to find our videos on You Tube
Published: December 28th 2011Central America Caribbean » Grenada » CarriacouDecember 25th 2011
Just found out that people could not see the video that we talked about in our Manamo blog entry. We could see it when we put it up so figured you could as well. The best way to find any of our videos that we put up on You Tube is as follows: 1) go to www.youtube.com 2) at the top in the search box , type in janicew13 3) you should see any video that was posted by us If anyone still has a problem, please let us know as we will try to post any video we have this way Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!... read more
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What a difference a few degrees make
Published: December 22nd 2011Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Carriacou
December 22nd 2011
What degrees am I talking about? It is degrees of latitude. As a reminder latitude are those “lines” around the earth that are parallel to the equator. There is an equal distance between these lines, and there are 60 minutes to a degree, with 1 minute of latitude equaling 1 nautical mile (this one’s for you Cyndie). With this information it easy to tell how many miles you travel north as the crow flies. For those of you who loved the SAT word problems, if a boat left point A traveling at … sorry I couldn’t help myself. Why am I telling you this? When we left Trinidad we were at latitude 10 degrees 40 minutes N and in Carriacou we are now at 12 degrees 28 minutes N. With the above information you can calculate ... read more
July 13th 2011
Your first impression of a country when traveling is that of your interactions with immigration and customs. The country of Grenada includes three islands, Grenada itself which is the largest of the three, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. When traveling south through the Windward Islands, the first one you come to that has a place to check in is Carriacou which is where we stopped. The first thing we noticed was that the system was computerized. We hadn’t seen a computer in use for checking into a country since the last French island. Most of the islands use duplicate forms (with the use of carbon paper) and do not stamp your passport. In Carriacou the immigration office had a computer which was used to scan your passport in. We still had to complete a paper form, ... read more
July 3rd 2011
After a full two weeks in Bequia with our teak finished (7 coats),the stainless polished, and thanks to the new hookah and Bob a clean bottom on the boat we moved on to Union Island. Some of you may be asking what is a hookah? It is a compressor with a regulator on the end of an air hose. The air hose is 60 foot long so with a weight belt on Bob can very easily work on the bottom of the boat scraping off barnacles and cleaning the prop. The sail from Bequia to Union Island was a broad reach with 18-20 knots of wind out of the east. This was great except we also had some wind driven waves that we hitting us broadside. An interesting ride results from a 40 foot sailboat “surfing” ... read more
Caribbean Cruise - Seventh Stop: Grenada
Published: December 27th 2011Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Saint George
March 16th 2011
This coming day was all about nature. We started out from the harbour of St. George's, the capital and went into the mountains to see some fantastic wildlife. Grenada is a very green and beautiful island and the flowers are impressive (see photos). At a farm we learned about cacoa and how they are harvested. We drove all the way to Gouyave, the second biggest city of the island to visit a nutmeg factory. We saw how they are dried, cracked open, sorted etc. Quite interesting to see, even though non of us really liked nutmeg. Because of this we passed quickly through the store inside the factory where many tourists bought fresh nutmeg but also nutmeg oil etc. Even though it was nice, I wish happy to be out of there because the freshly cracked ... read more
February 9th 2011
Petite île de moins de 10km carré, elle fait vivre environ 7000 habitants, dont la moitié est d’âge scolaire. Les gens vivent de la ferme quand ils ne sont pas fonctionnaires ou enseignants. Petite vie tranquille. Les infrastructures sont efficaces, les routes sont presque toutes en béton et de très bonne largeur pour deux autos. Il y a même un hôpital au sommet, donnant une vue imprenable sur la ville et la mer des Caraïbes. Cet emplacement doit jouer un grand rôle dans le rétablissement des malades! Nous nous sommes fait recommander un chauffeur de taxi par le responsable du Yacht Club de Carriacou. Vincent, donc, nous a fait visiter son île avec grande gentillesse et nous a amené dîner dans un petit hôtel dont la table, offrant la cuisine locale, était savoureuse. Nous n’avions jamais ... read more
