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February 23 – 26: Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe
Just off the southern tip of Guadeloupe’s mainland is this enchanting group of small islands. The guidebook describes them as having a distinctly Breton feel to them, which is certainly true. We came in around lunch time after a somewhat boisterous ride over, and looked for a mooring but failed to find one – this…
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February 21 – 22: Pigeon Island & Bouillant
Leaving Deshaies and working down the coast, our next destination was a quick pit-stop in the Pigeon Island anchorage near Bouillant. This was a mostly functional stop, with a much needed trip to the laundromat and grocery store! I was quickly caught out by sticking my precious coins into a machine before I’d read the…
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February 15 – 20: Deshaies, Guadeloupe
Bienvenue a Guadeloupe! We sailed over from Nevis, passing Redonda and Montserrat on the way, and came into Deshaies, at the north end of the island. This is a lovely little town with a very French feel to it, and we ended up staying there for several days. The anchorage was very full and we…
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February 13 – 14: Nevis
Next, on to Nevis, which is only about 3 miles across a narrow straights from St Kitts. Nevis is the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton – must go and see the musical one of these days! Sometimes in an anchorage there is one boat that struggles to moor or anchor, thus providing entertainment to everyone else.…
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February 9-12: St Kitts
We left Saba on another windy day and headed for St Kitts. This was a shorter trip than our last passage, and broken up by passing St Eustatius on the way. We didn’t stop as it seems to be basically an oil refinery, and is reputedly a very uncomfortable anchorage. Could it possibly be more…
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February 7-9: Saba
It was time to start heading back East, and we were ready for an adventure. Our options for leaving were (1) on Tuesday, lighter winds but on the nose; (2) on Wednesday, winds from a favorable direction but blowing 25-30; (3) wait it out for another 10 days. We chose option 1, leaving the BVI…
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February 1 – 6: US Virgin Islands National Park, St John
What a great island! After the bustle (and endless beach bars!) of the BVI, we headed over to St John, stopping first at Francis Bay. For a US registered boat and all-US crew, check-in was all on-line and it was a relief not to have the hassle of going down to Cruz Bay to Customs…
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January 29-31: Norman Island and Jost Van Dyke
After a week in a marina, we were ready to get going again. We continue to have strong winds and some squally days – even the locals are complaining! – but the good news is that it’s given us cool nights. It’s also worth noting that the last week or so has been fairly quiet…
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January 23 – 27: A working week
It was a lot of fun having family staying with us over the holidays, but finally it was just the two of us. Jeremy had a meeting in Boulder and after having guests for 5 weeks I had chores to do! We came into a slip at Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola and caught up…
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January 17 and 18: Jost Van Dyke
Continuing our circumnavigation of Tortola, we headed for Jost Van Dyke, and picked up a mooring in Great Harbor. We went ashore to Foxy’s and took a taxi over to White Bay with Easy Eddie (Easy like Sunday Morning, he reminded us!). White Bay was much changed from when we were last there. The northerly…
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