Okay, the sail from St Pierre was good, not great but good. We left Martinique in light winds after clearing out first thing in the morning, so out came our new favourite sail –the Gennaker, however once we got just north of the island, of course the wind picked up and I went forward to furl the sail in rough seas and winds gusting over 20 knots. Not too bad, but a little interesting for the first time. << MORE >>

Well we have been in Martinique a month and it started pretty much to plan as you saw in the last blog, but things have slowed down a bit since then. The weather has been doing crazy things with strong north easterly swells and some strong gusty winds, so we have pretty much decided to just stay put in Le Marin. << MORE >>

Or New Year.... or early January.... << MORE >>

The sail to Bequai was fantastic. We were prepared for light winds and left at 0820 in the morning (Monday 8/11). For those of you who know Karen – this is no mean feat! Mornings normally start at 0800-0900 for here so to be out of Chatham with the sail up at 0820 was excellent. << MORE >>

After spending another night on a Sandy Island mooring by ourselves, we checked out from Hillsborough where Karen had to have one more shop before realising there was nothing she needed (however she did find fetta cheese in the deli just south of the customs dock and so was very happy!)<< MORE >>

Well after a hard hurricane season in Grenada (which I will write about soon) having had the bottom scratches repaired and a new black anti-fouling we decided to start our cruise north to the Leeward Islands a few days before the official end of the Hurricane Season.<< MORE >>

We stepped out of the plane in Grenada and the warm night air hit us - overdressed in jeans, shirts and shoes. Out through the customs’ doors to the flash of a camera - Matt’s. So exciting to finally meet up with Karen & Matt after such a long time in the planning. ... << MORE >>

Well after the rush to get to Bequia, our lives seemed quite leisurely. We arose Saturday morning and Evergreen and Where II upped anchor and headed south to Mayreau, another small island in the Grenadines. ... << MORE >>

Well after the sail from hell (mark 2 if you remember the trip from Vieques to Culebra) it was good to be in a place that we knew and that there was no pressure to sight see or be the tourist so we settled in and relaxed for a couple of days, just doing the small things like washing the boat down. ... << MORE >>

Well 3 days ago we set off from St Thomas to Nevis (or St Kitts depending on how we were feeling when we got east). The winds were to be light – 10 to 15 knots from the east to north east and the seas slight – 1 to 1 ½ m also from the east, but we planned to motor or at best motor sail for this first leg down to Grenada to meet Al and Boofa at the beginning of June. ... << MORE >>