In early May we left St. Martin and sailed to Oranje Baai, St. Eustatius (also called Statia). We stayed there 2 days and one of the highlights of our visit was a hike to the crater rim of the Quill Volcano. Most people have never heard of Statia but in the 1700s it was the trade capitol of the Indies with over 100 ships in the harbor at a time. After Statia we sailed to St. Kitts where we anchored for a couple of days and then to Nevis. St. Kitts and Nevis make up a twin island state that is [View Full Entry]

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We sailed to St. Lucia, picked up Donna's sister Debbie at the airport, and visited Pigeon Island in Rodney Bay. Pigeon Island is conserved by the St. Lucia National Trust. We walked to the top of both peaks on Pigeon Island. We went to Rainforest Sky rides and rode their gondola up to their zip lines. We went to the fish fest in Anse La Raye. On Friday nights they set up tables and stalls in this picturesque fishing village and serve fish, lambi, lobster, and plantains. There's an atmosphere of peace, goodwill and good seafood that is enjoyed by the [View Full Entry]

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Last week I attended the destination wedding of two dear friends in lovely St. Lucia, an island in the Eastern Caribbean. We flew into the international airport in the south and took a helicopter north to the opposite end of the island where we were staying in Rodney Bay. After months of dreary London winter, the sun, sand and tropical drinks were almost too good to be true... For days on end our most difficult decision was whether to stay by the pool or walk down the street to the beach. And whether to order a pina colada, banana lady or [View Full Entry]

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Worms finer for fishing you couldn't be wishing; I delved them dismayed from the velvety sod; The rich loam upturning I gathered them squirming, big, fat, gleamy earthworms, all ripe for my rod. Robert Service In the morning if you get outside early enough you will see blackbirds pull wiggling pink worms from the grass before wolfing them down hungrily. The sea is also home to worms of all descriptions: long, short, fat, thin, hairy, spiky…, you could come up with pretty much any adjective and there are worms to meet the description. These worms rely on a body full of [View Full Entry]

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We’ve been here 5 days and been pretty lazy - not that hard in the Almond Smugglers Cove 4 star all-inclusive resort. Apart from the beach, the pools, the cocktails and the great food, we have managed to get in some snorkelling, wakeboarding, sailing their Hobie-Cats and sea kayaking. We also got out to the weekly “Jump Up”, a reggae street party at Gross Islet, and down to Margot bay for a day out. [View Full Entry]

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What a spectacular view we had this morning. The ARC (Around the World Rally) started at noon today from here. We had front chairs. Had dinghies hanging on our boat had so many persons on board. Most we ever had. I even took a video, you know I call it putting the Sony to work. Great camera, I am so happy with this investment of a couple of years ago. Last night we were invited to Lone Star. We met them in Luperon last year, and sailed with them off and on through St Thomas. We played dominoes till 9 pm. [View Full Entry]

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Last night we went to Gros Islet. It is a little town about 1/4 mile from our dinghy. Went to public dock, we had very NONE lady landings!! Had to get on bow of dinghy, and then roll over best we could. One of our friends, Living the Dream, Ann, had put on a dress. Just too funny. Getting back in was a different story, now we had to jump down, I am so short, I landed on Dick's gas tank, he gave me ride. He has bigger dinghy and 18 hp. There was Jon from Non Linear, Jane and Dick [View Full Entry]

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We moved the boat 10 miles North. We are in Marigot Bay. Tried anchoring 3 times to no avail. Had to take a mooring for 65 EC for the night. It is a small village, mainly composed of restaurants and hotels. All prices in US dollars, very unusual. There is a Mooring's base here, huge!!! A lot of catamaran's. Very busy. Lot's of ARC regatta boats anchored here. ARC is a yearly regatta from the Canaries to St. Lucia. Next to us is "Story Teller", a 57' Beneteau, with 2 couples on board. They are from Australia. All I got for [View Full Entry]

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We are at the Deux Piton on a mooring. The marine ranger assigned us the mooring yesterday. The charge is 40 EC for 48 hours. This morning we went to Soufriere by dinghy, in open water, only us would do such thing, eh? We had to go check in with customs and immigration. Customs is on a corner as you come off the dinghy dock. They do all the paper work by hand. The charge was 25 EC. From there we walked to the police station to do immigration. No charge here, and we even got our passports stamped. But that's [View Full Entry]

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We left Rodney Bay around 1050 for Catries by bus.Arriving around 1610. Long day. We found 4 cruise ships and 1 French navy ship docked in Castries. Actually the Queen Mary 2 was anchor outside, too long a ship to come in. We went all over, streets were crowded, too many cruise ships in, plus the locals trading, but oh what fun and what an experience. Dad decided yesterday morning he wanted to go, he did real well. Up to last 1/2 hour then he sat down. By ice cream shop. Since it was late in the day, products were cheaper [View Full Entry]

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