April 2, 2015, Simpson Bay Lagoon, St. Maarten We moved from Great Bay to Simpson Bay Lagoon a few days ago, and now we are where the sailors are. This is on the south west end of the island, close to the airport and close to all the chandlers and […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
March 22, Great Bay, Philipsburg, St. Maarten We … did it! We night sailed from Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda, to Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The body of water is called the Sombrero Passage. The waves came from the North, the wind from the Southeast, and we were close hauled and head […]
Philipsburg, St. Maarten
March 12 – Village Cay Marina, Wickham’s Cay,Tortola One of the first things we did when we arrived at Village Cay Marina was to pick up some groceries at Bobby’s supermarket, just across the parking lot from the marina. We walked into the store, a bit bummed out over the […]
More repairs
March 9 – Village Cay Marina, Wickham’s Cay, Tortola We sailed through our first squall yesterday. It rolled in from the North East, as everything does at the moment, like a wall of fog in a Fauvist’s dream. The islands around us disappeared into it and for a while our […]
Back to Tortola for Repairs
Feb 23 Tortola, Nanny Cay Hotel We’re waking up in Nanny Cay, at the hotel and it’s just starting to sink in that we’re really here. The sun is out, there’s a warm breeze and I’m nursing a coffee on our room’s ground floor patio. It is finally happening. So […]