Daily Archives: December 27, 2015


August 2, St. George’s, Grenada We saw the Green Flash! We be real sailors now, boy-o. The Green Flash, for you land lubbers, is the brief arc of green light that comes up over the horizon the second after the sun drops behind it. And yes, it is green. We […]

The Green Flash


  August 1, St. Georges, Grenada We made it! We reached mainland Grenada. We sailed down the island chain and reached our destination. This is big for us newbies! It was a very pleasant day sail from Cariacou to Grenada. Of course we set out at 9:55 a.m., five whole […]

Terminus Grenada!


July 29, Soufrière, St. Lucia Ahhhh. An hour’s chill out before we leave St. Lucia on a night sail to Cariacou, Grenada. Tonight we sleep little. Somehow we’ve been here for 10 days. St. Lucia has been naturally beautiful — with tall green mountains jetting out of clear, dark blue […]

Leaving St. Lucia



July 25, Soufrière, St Lucia. The poverty seems to increase the farther south you go in the Caribbean. And the independent islands seem to fare a bit worse economically than the ones benefitting from European tax payers.   From an outsider’s perspective, Guadeloupe and Martinique, two French islands, appear to […]

Soufrière, St. Lucia


July 24, Anse Cochon, St. Lucia. Infrastructure is something I find myself looking for these days. Are towns and villages connected? Are people able to have a decent home and get to work? Does work provide enough income to support the household? From Rodney Bay to Marigot, to Anse Cochon, […]

Anse Cochon, St Lucia