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The Key to the Cays is Going Backwards
23rd October 2025 | Odometer: 140.3nm | St Vincent & The Grenadines We had skipped very quickly to Bequia because of the tooth and the incoming weather system. This meant we had missed one of the places we had both really wanted to go – the Tobago Cays! We were stocked up and wanted to…
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Beating Towards Bequia
17th October 2025 | Odometer: 107.5nm | St Vincent & The Grenadines We woke up super early and headed up the coast of Mayreau (“may-roo”). We intended to cross over to the leeward side of Canouan (“can-ooh-ahn”) island, then up through our biggest open passage to the island of Bequia (“beck-way”). The first leg behind…
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Hello St Vincent & the Grenadines
15th October 2025 | Odometer: 73.9nm | St Vincent & The Grenadines Ryan had a life goal to change countries via boat – and now he can say he has done it! After checking out of Grenada, we took down our Grenada courtesy flag and ran up the yellow quarantine flag then headed North. Union Island is…
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Goodbye Grenada
14th October 2025 | Odometer: 67.7nm | Grenada Our visas were running out! We had about a week to leave Grenada. The options were to pay to extend our visas and our cruising permit or … leave. So we decided to leave! But first, a couple of days of boat jobs. I worked on painting…
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Sandy Island Serenity
10th October 2025 | Odometer: 55.4nm | Grenada The Sandy Island of Carriacou was our next destination – although only a short hop around the point from Tyrell Bay to the marine park, it was a bit rolly as we came around the corner. The marine park here requires you to pull up a mooring ball…
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To Carriacou – A Week of Firsts
8th October 2025 | Odometer: 51.9nm | Grenada While at Hog Island, we had gotten the word – our final packages had been received at the Grenada Yacht Club… we just had to go round and pick them up. We were very keen to start heading northwards but the weather was not quite ready for…
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A Rolly First Night and a Tasty Barbecue
4th October 2025 | Odometer: 10.2nm | Grenada It was finally here! The day we leave the marina! We had cleaned and washed and packed and prepped and filled water tanks and grocery shopped and literally anything else we could think of! It was time to go! We said farewell to the various folks we…
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Energy Freedom & Actual Freedom
25th September 2025 | Grenada The engine parts were installed, the lazarette was painted and the training captain was coming in 2 days! We still had crap all over the back deck and miscellaneous things everywhere after weeks of working on the boat. We wanted to protect the stringers in the lazarette to stop the…
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel
And the job that nearly broke me… 18th September 2025 The engine parts were NEARLY HERE!!! We had the update- they would be delivered this week! Suddenly, we were super keen to finish all the things! One of these things was painting the lazarette. The lazarette is a large storage area under the back deck.…
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
15th September 2025 After our delightful waterfall interlude, we carried on with the never ending list of things to fix and repair. Ryan has been amazing at figuring out all the issues plaguing the various systems. Here are some snapshots of the various repairs he has been undertaking… Toilet Fixing the toilet was a classic…
Our Grand Adventure
A year going slow in the Caribbean
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