Arrived
Here we are in South Caicos, safely arrived at dawn after a full day of motoring in calm weather. WE are anchored in ten feet of the clearest water I have ever seen. Time for a tidy up, shower and visit to customs. More later. N.
Nearing the Turks and Caicos
It’s ten o’clock at night and we’re now less than twelve hours away from our destination, South Caicos. The wind has died away in advance of the approaching cold front and we are motoring on a calm sea. The crew are much better, everyone partook of dinner tonight and I am under strict instructions to […]
Exploring Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricans, and their helpers back in mainland America, have worked hard on their landscape. Large areas of four lane highway, big box stores in sprawling malls, a preponderance of half finished reinforced concrete housing, large areas of low cost, low income, low attractiveness homes and many other visual delights accost you as you drive […]
Rolling along
Ty Dewi is back in her favourite mode – rolling. The wind is behind us, we are making good time and rocking fairly gently from side to side as we go. It’s fairly comfortable, although don’t ask Gesa whether she agrees. Max is a lot better now, he and I have just spent a lovely […]
One day done
Well, the good news is that we have fine weather and fast progress towards the Turks and Caicos Islands. We’ve covered a healthy 150 miles in the first twenty four hours and it’s sunny and warm outside. Sadly, we have big waves, a large northerly swell is being sent down to us by a storm […]
On the move again
It’s been a long time since we posted something on the blog, sorry, but we have been busy enjoying ourselves once again. Our time with Helen on board was fantastic, and we managed to explore some fun parts or Puerto Rico in our all too brief visit. I’ll write a lot more about our past […]
Buenos Dias and Adios Culebra
As so often happens, when we are on a tight timeline, we find places we’d love to spend weeks in. We have heard good things about Culebra, this little island just off the coast of Puerto Rico, and now we know why. We had a smashing sail across from St Thomas, a lovely downwind sunshine […]
Issieism (2)
Issie notices a bumper sticker – “Drive slow, sail fast” “But daddy, surely you would want to drive fast, so you get to the boat quicker, then sail slow so you spend more time enjoying yourself?” I like her logic.
Issieism
Helen has come prepared, she’s bought a copy of ‘The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico’ “That’s no good,” says Issie, “we need the Calm Guide.”
Underwater at Monkey Point
We had a couple of lovely days at an anchorage on Guana Island, recommended by our friends on Ta-B. They also told us we had to go down to Monkey Point and snorkel there. We took their advice, left early and found one of the few mooring balls where we could sit for breakfast then […]