Discovering Grenada Grenada is the southernmost of the Windward Islands, at 12 degrees north. Outside of the most popular hurricane tracks. A good reason for sailors to spend the time from June to November here and a good income for the locals in the offseason of normal tourism. C19 has put fierce gaps in the …
Weather apps and reports for stormy days July has arrived and with it the first month of the official Hurricane Season is over. Four more months remain. July was storm-free throughout the Caribbean, but very annoyingly gusty. Only the American and Mexican coasts have seen a bit more of action. The website of the NHC …
The end of the season Wednesday morning the time had come to leave our new favorite place Canouan. Along the elegant harbor exit we set course for Carriacou, the northernmost island of Grenada, our last stop before the final destination St. Georges. We set the 19 nm short course through the narrow channel of the …
Hidden Paradise Canouan For sailors and other sea lovers, there are some Caribbean islands that everyone knows. Or rather, let’s say whose names are pronounced more sonorously, with a gleam in their eye. Mystique Island, Antiqua, St. Barth, etc. Canouan is not one of them. Not yet. But you should keep that name in mind. …
St. Vincent & Grenadines We find it really beautiful here, on the islands of “St. Vincent and the Grenadines” (SVG). A long name for a small country with only 110,000 inhabitants. Independent, but a member of the Commonwealth. However, payment is not in GBP, but in East Caribbean dollars, like in some Caribbean states. Actually, …
Windy way south Sounds like a pilgrimage, from one Saint to the next. Something like a Caribbean Camino de Santiago. For us, there were indeed a few burdens along the way. Our stop in St Lucia was unplanned. Actually, we only wanted to stay one night with a yellow flag up. The likeable Marigot Bay …
One island a day keeps the doctor away After Stéphane, despite a herniated intervertebral disc, had successfully completed our installations, we finally left the Marina Bas-du-Fort last Thursday. When we complained that we had now really spent too much time in Guadeloupe, the locals looked at us confused and asked why we were so keen …
The new freedom Oh happy day. I can’t tell you how much we were looking forward to this injection. We did it in the middle of the week and are now finally fully vaccinated. This will make our further journey so much easier and it will save us some quarantine and a lot of hassle. …
The difference between travelling and going on vacations. Holger doesn’t like it when I talk about our first Atlantic year (2016/2017) as a vacation. He says it was a journey not a vacation. For me it was both sometimes a trip and sometimes a vacation. This time it’s only one and it’s very clear: a …
Strategies for the Hurricane Season When you see the crews of ships hauling extensive provisions and the word “Azores” comes up more often, you know that the Hurricane Season is not far away. There is an official period for hurricane season in the Caribbean, from the beginning of June to the end of November. During …
