Rapid Blog Update
Hard to keep up right now, so here’s a summary: – Corrine, Edo et al left after a great couple of weeks, rounded off by a lovely dinner at the Tamarind Club on Tortola – Very nice week exploring new bits of the BVIs with Mum and Dad including a campfire on a secluded beach […]
Beach Volleyball
Despite the fact that volleyball is how we met, and has played a huge part in our lives over the past ten years, we rarely get the chance to take our volleyball to the beach and knock around a bit. We’ve had a couple of times when the kids got upset because we wanted to […]
Our cruising companions
Here’s four out of the 1,398 photos we took whilst our friends were with us, so to introduce them: – Sailing their boat, Trinity, a 40 foot centre cockpit Beneteau – In the Bubbly Pool on Little Jost Van Dyke: left to right: Neils, Edo, Maurits, Corinne, Tessel. – Enjoying the Ty Dewi water swing: […]
Full Moon party at Trellis Bay
We squeezed our way into Trellis Bay yesterday with little problem finding our comfortable anchoring spot in a massive mooring field. We had been here before and picked our spot with ease. Then we could sit back and watch with amusement as boat after charter boat made its way into the increasingly congested harbour to […]
More treasure
The BVI’s is a rich hunting ground. We took everyone to the beautiful Baths, a popular stop. We anchor and snorkel to check it. I notice a piece of rope on the seabed. It’s only fifteen feet down so I dive and pick up one end. As I surface, we pull it up, and it […]
Mauritsism
Maurits, Corrine and Edo’s youngest son, is five, just like Max. One morning he helps me make bread. He is interested in the ingredients and we get to talking about yeast. “So, yeast is a little bug that eats sugar and makes a gas called carbon dioxide, and alcohol” He looks at me thoughtfully. “Alcohol? […]
Christmas and New Year in the BVIs
We’ve been quiet on the blog because we’ve been busy on the water! Our friends Corrine and Edo arrived Christmas Eve, with their three children, and then they picked up their charter yacht on Boxing Day. We had a lovely Christmas Dinner at Marina Cay, and have since been touring the sights of the BVI’s. […]
Issieism
Issie is getting into her swimsuit and goggles and preparing to join her friends for a swim. “Daddy, can I go in the water?” “Sure, I don’t think you need much supervision right now, off you go” Issie looks at her goggles hopefully. “What sort of super vision could I get?”
Our Christmas Letter
It is over a year since we set out on this adventure, and Christmas is always a good time to put together a few photos to recall what we have done and reflect upon why we have done it. So below is the Christmas Letter we have sent to many of our friends and family. Our […]
The Silver Cloud at the end of the rainbow
Silver Cloud is an 1899 steel schooner moored here in Coral Bay, owned by a nice chap who screen prints t-shirts for lots of local busineses. Anyway, a brief squal passed over in the morning, and the resultant rainbow ended right over his boat, just behind u