The big appeal to sailing Montserrat was to check out the abandoned (or should I say demolished?) city of Plymouth. Why was it demolished? Montserrat’s volcano became active and blew it’s top. And the activity started in 1995 and has been going since then.(Scroll down of you want to skip right to the video) The[Read More]
Destinations
What Cruisers Get Up To In St Kitts & Nevis
In this episode we’ll take you from Saba, past St. Eustatius and down to St Kitts and Nevis. Find out what tasks Simon does at 5am in the morning, experience a very bumpy ride, learn all about booking in and out of St Kitts and Nevis, see what cruisers get up to in St Kitts[Read More]
Sailing to the Caribbean Island of Saba
Ever wonder what sailing to the Caribbean Island of Saba might be like? Heck, have you ever heard of the tiny 5 mile long Dutch island of Saba? Join us on our journey to experience a very lumpy sea and our struggles to pick up a mooring ball in the pitch black. Find out what[Read More]
Sailing Around The BVI (British Virgin Islands)
In this episode, part two of the British Virgin Islands video series, we start off on a mooring ball in Trellis Bay, Tortola. With two guests we then sail along playing a kid-made board game to Road Town. We anchor off Peter Island for the night and then head to Cane Garden Bay to celebrate[Read More]
8 Best Anchorages In The British Virgin Islands
In this video episode, number 18 of the season, we’re going to show you what it’s like sailing the British Virgin Islands. Rumors abound about the state of the BVI after hurricane Irma. Watch this video to see what it’s really like. We’ll show you Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda, the famous geological attraction called[Read More]
5 Places To Visit Sailing St John Virgin Islands
Sailing St John Virgin Islands: In this video episode we’re going to take you to four anchorages on the US Virgin Island of St John and we’ll also take you to meet a sea lion named, Omar, on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas. The anchorages include Cruz Bay (Honeymoon Beach), Francis Bay, Leinster[Read More]
Sailing the Spanish Virgin Islands
This episode covers a Spanish Virgin Island and our arrival to St John’s, one of the US Virgin Islands. If you’re interested in St John’s hold tight as we’ll have a whole video dedicated to all the stops we made on the island (coming soon). And remember, aside from creating weekly videos about our travel[Read More]
Sail Puerto Rico – Drop a hook or pass it by?
When sailing northeast along the Caribbean island chain it’s possible to skip Puerto Rico. Many cruisers sail from the Virgin Islands, over the top of Puerto Rico and up to Turks and Caicos or the Bahamas. They choose not to sail Puerto Rico. Skipping Puerto Rico on the way down, however, is not as easy.[Read More]
Anchoring in Culebra – The Spanish Virgin Islands
Join us for this weeks video, episode 15, where we move from Palmas Del Mar to the lovely quiet island of Culebra Puerto Rico in the Spanish Virgin Islands. Discover a new fish (to us) that Simon reels in (no – it wasn’t the usual Tuna or Mahi Mahi). Listen to Simon discuss our passage[Read More]
Sailing into Palmas Del Mar Puerto Rico – Video
Our sailing trip along the south coast of Puerto Rico led us to one last stop on the mainland before heading to the Spanish Virgin Islands. Sailing into Palmas Del Mar Marina was easy. The marina attendants spoke excellent English and provided us with fantastic berthing directions. And once we were in the Palmas Del[Read More]
