Béquia, baie de Port Élizabeth, nous y retrouvons Opus et Alianna. Nous sommes fatigués et nous ne songeons pas aux activités sociales. Le jeudi 9 juillet, enfin le matin!!! Pourquoi? Le bateau a roulé toute la nuit car cette partie de la baie est exposée à la houle. Après le déjeuner, nous décidons de changer de côté de baie. Nous ne sommes pas les seuls : Emerald Seas et Blue Heaven viennent avec nous. Ce côté est beaucoup plus calme mais nous verrons en soirée qu’il est aussi plus proche des bars et de la musique!!! Nous nous baignons autour du [View Full Entry]

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La fin du commencement Grenade, le 22 juillet 2009 Nous sommes déjà rendus à la fin du commencement. En quittant Montréal, notre but était de parcourir l’arc antillais pour atteindre la Grenade en juin, histoire de trouver un abri relativement sécuritaire pour la saison des ouragans. Mission accomplie. Mais revenons au 22 mai où nous quittons Sainte-Lucie pour arriver à Bequia dans les Grenadines. L’île de Saint-Vincent se trouve à mi-chemin sur ce parcours mais mieux vaut ne pas s’y arrêter. Les incidents de violences y sont encore fréquents. Dommage, quelque [View Full Entry]

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We arrived yesterday morning on time and without incident. At home our cat, Tigger, went into hiding when he realized we were going away. From previous experience we knew he would be hiding under our bed. We managed to peel him off the carpet. Imagen the combined strenght of cat claws and velcro! Althought Shauna is a seasoned taveller, she had a novel experience at YYZ. A random body search, including the security officer running her rubber gloved hands thru Shauna's hair. The sleeping comfort of the airport in Trinidad was 7 on a scale of 10. The seats were pretty [View Full Entry]

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Day 9 Tobago Cays, St Vincent March 13 (Continued) Wayne made it back to the boat and changed out of his camouflaged shorts before he was arrested as an insurgent gorilla. Karen will not need to mortgage the farm to bail her husband out of jail. We successfully checked back into Grenada so we are legally in that country once again. We had dinner of barracuda and curry chicken at a beach restaurant. We then walked up the beach to listen to the best steel drum band in the Caribbean. Five ladies and two fellows made the most amazing music. Several [View Full Entry]

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Grenada Day 1 March 5, 2009 Wayne and Rick arrived at 5:30 AM at Point Saline International Airport on the island country of Grenada. Stepping off the plane into 76 degree temp was a little shock after Wisconsin winter. Air was heavy and it was hard to breath. Got thru customs and immigration without a problem. Took a taxi to True Blue Resort and Marina where Horizon Yacht Charters is located. The sun had just come up and at 6:30 AM. We didn’t know if our sailing buddies would appreciate early morning visitors. I walked down the docks and found a [View Full Entry]

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OIL DOWN The national dish of Grenada It was a great afternoon with about 20 cruisers and 20 locals. The recipe kind of says it all! Take a swig of rum, preferably Rivers. Grate fresh coconut and saffron. (about an hour with 8 people) Peel breadfruit, ripe green bananas & pumpkin. (get locals to help with this). Go to nearest callaloo bush & pick 1/2 dozen leaves. Take another swig Rivers rum. 8-9 garlic cloves, 1 very, very small onion. Green papaya, 2 carrots. string beans, ketchup, 1 Tbsp. "Complete Seasoning" Slaughter pig, cut off snout & tail, discard rest. (Definitely [View Full Entry]

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Peacefully bobbing at anchor at Hog Island, Grenada, we have just finished dinner of bbq’d pork chops and are now enjoying the serenity. Tree frogs are a constant hum. The temperature is still in the low 80’s; (I have given up trying to translate to Celsius) but the heat is over for the day. It sure is nice to have Ace here; she arrived two days ago after having given me ten days to launch the boat and put it in some semblance of order. Today was the first day in two weeks where the rhythm of the Caribbean seems to [View Full Entry]

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It's time to get out of the cold Midwest and go sailing in the Caribbean. Sailing friend, Skipper Kent has arranged a sailing cruise for March 5-15, 2009. The crew will be made up of 2 of Kent's friends, myself and my good BBYC sailing buddy Rick. The boat is a Venesia 42 catamaran chartered from Horizon Yacht Charters out of Grenada. Boat Link Grenada is located in the Southern Caribbean about 100 miles from Venezuela. We plan to sail North to St. Vincent and stop at islands along the way. Should be a great tri [View Full Entry]

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The first person we came into contact with after arriving in Grenada was a lovely Gentleman called Jools, he rowed up to Bob in a small wooden boat and commented on our courtesy flag, which was about 4 times the size that it should be. He makes courtesy flags for a living and after some discussion he agreed to make us a Dominica flag, as the company I bought the gigantic flags from gave me a Dominican Republic flag rather than a Dominica one. So now we at least have one flag that is the right size. We explored the area [View Full Entry]

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November first is the official end of hurricane season, so it was time to leave Trinidad and start our trek north. We are very excite to start another cruising season in the Caribbean, not only because our first stop is Grenada and the Grenadines (which are amazing) but also because we have so many islands to explore this year. Unlike last year where we had to travel over 2,500 miles and therefore skip many countries along the way, this year we are already here in the Caribbean and can take our time to explore all the islands. And our first stop [View Full Entry]

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