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Spice of Life

Sailing 'Spice' (Dufour '50) from Sint Maarten, Caribbean to Fremantle, Australia... navigating the Caribbean Sea, Panama Canal, South Pacific Islands & Eastern and Northern Aus...

June 18, 2011: Patchy camouflage, black waterproof boots, hunting knives tucked into the back of hiking vests, a machete, rifles, bottled water, chocolate and four armed-escorts…it’s a world away from Spice’s usual ‘spur of the moment’, shorts and T-shirts clad, “grab your thongs and let’s blaze a trail!” trekking party. One minute Dad and I are slipping over wet, fla... » read more

BVI Fall 2008

Tooling around the BVI aboard Martha R with some of my best buds for too short a time

May 01, 2009: Our trip is over but we still wake up at night and feel the ‘rocking boat’- Hope it lasts for weeks.  I’ve had a recurring dream that we are lying against the walls of the pontoon and waiting for more wind – a pleasant thought for sure.The ten days weren’t long enough. I find my mind drifting back to the dark star lit nights of the new moon and the awesome ima... » read more

British and US Virgin Islands

July 4 through July 20 trip aboard a Lagoon 420 (hybrid) through the US and British Virgin Islands.

May 01, 2009: Woke early and tried to figure out how to make coffee.  Lighting the stove proved to be a challenge but managed to figure it out and get the coffee perculating.  After breakfast we ran to shore to dump trash and get some ice.  Headed dead into a strong 20-25 kt wind with 4-5 ft seas.  Johni rode the bow and loved it!  We arrived at Kitchen Point and spent a few hours sn... » read more

Bahamas Bound

Woza Moya is a 39 foot sailing yacht that Allen has kept in the British Virgin Islands for the last 5 years. The boat is being phased out of charter service so it is time to bri...

July 23, 2011: We arrived at the boat at 1am and while Christian readied her, Rudi and I took the car back (a story in itself). By 2:30 we were slipping the lines and on our way to leave port in the dead of night. Rudi took first shift, safely getting us out of port and into the big seas. Within minutes we were in 6 foot seas with the wind on our nose. Beating into these seas in 18 knots of wind in the da... » read more

Catharpin Blue Sails to Panama

We started from Hampton Va, USA Nov 2, 2009 and sailed to Nanny Cay, Tortola, BVI. From there we plan to sail to Puerto Rico and on to Panama to prepare for our Pacific crossing.

March 03, 2010: Nov 10, 2009 : Arrive in Nanny Cay, Tortola, BVI.  It is hotter than we expected and rained more than we remembered. » read more

British, US and Spanish Virgin Islands

May 01, 2009: It was an amazing trip! » read more

Spanish Virgin Islands - 2009

Clockwise 'round the chain from Fajardo, Puerto Rico

December 18, 2009: To those following the blog…I decided to not take my laptop andblogging from an iPhone is pretty tedious. I’ll post the trip reporthere when we get back. Thanks! T » read more

True Colours Towards the Caribbean

Portsmouth - Weymouth - L'Aber Wrac'h - Gijon - Cudillero - Ribadeo - Viviero - Cedeira - Sada - Camarinas - Coruna - Muros -