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]
Videos
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]
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]
Sailing The South Coast of Puerto Rico – Ponce, Isla de Cardona, Cayo Puerca & Puerto Patillas
Join us for a passage along the south coast of Puerto Rico. We visit the anchorages of Ponce, Isla De Cardona, Cayo Puerca and Puerto Patillas. Find out how we incorporated mangroves into a homeschooling lesson, a bit of yoga on the move, and loads and loads of beautiful views of the sea, sun and[Read More]
Sailing Puerto Rico – Video
In this new Sailing Puerto Rico video, episode 12 in our fifth season, we show you our first stop in Puerto Rico – Marina Pescaderia. We explain why our plan was to skip several islands and head straight to Antigua. We discuss the need to collect departure papers from US Customs and Immigration before leaving[Read More]
Sailing Across The Mona Passage
If you fail to plan for sailing across the Mona Passage, the waterway between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, you might find yourself in some majorly harsh sea conditions. I’m talking about big swells, big waves and big winds. You can also throw in a few potential thunderstorms too! The Mona Passage is not[Read More]
