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 […]
Journey
Finally visitors
The first friends visiting Rivercafe Since 10 December we have been in Antiqua. A beautiful island, big enough not to get bored and small enough to feel at home. From Guadeloupe North, from Deshaises to be precise, (the
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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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
Grenada Spice Island
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
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Introduction to the Hurricane Season
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
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