We travelled under motor from Prickly Bay back to the buoy in front of Grand Anse Beach, then one last time shopping and a pizza in the marina with our Italian friends. Back on the “Maya” we clean up and then the dinghy is stowed aft on the davits. Early Read more…
Finally back in the Caribbean and again on “Maya”. Towards evening we reach Grenada and take a taxi back to Port Louis Marina. The air is filled with the chirping of cicadas and a warm scents waft over our faces reminding us of nutmeg and “weed” – the smell of Read more…
In stormy weather and high waves we sailed from Antigua back to Boliante in Guadeloupe. For the first time we sailed the whole time with a recorded boat speed of 9 – 10 knots (later it was discovered that the log or speedometer was reading 1.2 knots high). After this Read more…
At the beginning of March we sailed from St. Pierre (Martinique) in good weather to IÎles des Saintes (or simply Les Saintes) to pick up some friends from Hamburg – Chris & Harald. They were flying to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is located about 65 nm (nautical miles) north of Dominica Read more…
After two weeks in St. Lucia we set sail to Martinique. After 3 hours we reached the first bay – St. Anne. We had a great sailing wind, BF 5, and few waves. The entire trip we were accompanied by a flock of Brown Boobies (sea birds) who snatched the Read more…
It worked out, the two sons are finally here in Mindelo and after last dinner at the floating bar in the marina, the following morning we were off. The weather window looked good for a week with BF 4/5 and a wave height of between 2 – 3m. We started Read more…