Merry Christmas
Dear fellow readers, fellow feverish, fellow rejoicers and fellow sufferers – dear friends Many of you have followed our year on board and shared our pleasures and sorrows. We have enjoyed sharing our experiences with you. Thank […]
Antigua – last island in 2021
Christmas Winds One last stage lay ahead of us this year. The stretch from Guadeloupe to Antigua. A 75 nm distance to the north, 50 nm of which was not protected through open passages. The weather forecast drove
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Christmas season in the Caribbean
Rivercafe better than new On both sides of the Atlantic, the Advent season has begun. In our old homeland probably with the usual bitter-sweet mixture of pre-winter festivity and dreariness, where only red wine in front of the
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Revolution in Guadeloupe
Riots in Paradise I think this will be the most complicated article I’ve written on our blog so far. And certainly the least funny. Today it’s not about beaches, jungles or turtles. It’s about Trouble in Paradise: riots
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About sailors and megayachts
The entertaining world of yachting I guess we all agree that there is no such thing as one world of yachting. There are at least three different ones. There are simple yachties like us, who sail through the
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St. Vincent to St. Lucia
The perfect sailing day I can hardly believe that we have already left the Grenadines again. But time is unfortunately not endless for us either. On Nov22 we have to be in Guadeloupe to do some work on
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The Grenadines
Grenadines – oh what a wonderful world A good weather forecast tempted us to set off and we made the 40 nm journey from Grenada to the next country. To the Grenadines, the southern islands of St. Vincent.
Leaving Grenada
Going to St. Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) Grenada The time has come to leave Grenada. For more than four months the Rivercafe has been moored in the marina of Port Louis, just next to the capital St.
Caribbean Journey
Preparing for the season It’s getting busy on the vessels in Grenada. The sailing community is waking up from the HSS – the Hurricane Season sleep. Many owners and crews are back and preparing their boats for the
Experiences after one year of life on board
Part 2: Personal stuff What’s life on a ship like? We’ll tell you, in our part 2 of our review, the personal part. Spoiler alarm: it will be longer than usual. What a year We are docked in
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