Our Grand Adventure

11th September 2025 Grenada is a beautiful country. It’s split into two main islands, Grenada and Carriacou, with a couple of little teeny bits of land around in between them. The main island of Grenada has a large volcanic ridge line through the center; and right in the middle is a lake in the center…

8th September 2025 The navigation systems onboard were pretty much kaput; dead radar, dead VHF, dead foghorn and sounder and dead chartplotter – and a dodgy starboard navigation light. The autopilot worked though so that was a win. I had completed the Short Range VHF course earlier which meant we could buy a fancy AIS…

7th September 2025 When we purchased the boat, she was registered with the US Coast Guard as “Sadie Girl”. This wasn’t a show stopper for us and although we didn’t love the name, we could live with it. That is, until we tried to transfer the registration only to find that two Aussies, buying a…

1st September 2025 So we are a few weeks into our enforced dock time and we have been really glad for this in hindsight! With the many systems onboard and the number of things that seemed to be broken we have split these up into “phases” of our confidence building. So Phase 1 – what…

20th August 2025 So, our last post was pretty miserable. We were dealing with the disappointment of nothing going to plan. BUT, we have decided to get on and embrace life as we are. Although we are still stuck on the dock waiting for parts… indefinitely…, this is an awesome opportunity to fix ALL the…

15th August 2025 The Post Carnivale Blues So, moving onto the boat was a challenge for sure, and I must say that so far things really haven’t gone as I expected…. I imagined that our time in Grenada would go something like this…. I pictured needing an online workout subscription and loads of snorkelling and…

11-12th August 2025 Or maybe, the loudest 48 hours of my life? Monday Night Mas… Pre-Party! J’ouvert wrapped up and we had a very short period of quiet. Aound 4pm the crowds start to gather again for the Monday Night Mas…. but really, its not quite that yet… it’s the pre-party to Monday Night Mas!…

11-12th August 2025 We made it to the marina right on time for Spicemas. This is an annual celebration in Grenada made up of weeks of fêtes, music competitions and culminating in the two days of parades on carnival Monday and Tuesday. SOCA SOCA SOCA Soca is the definition of Grenada in our time here…

4th August 2025 Having shifted round to the marina which will be our home base for the next few months. We could finally slow down (just a bit) and spend a bit more time getting to know the boat. We couldn’t move onboard straight away as the boat was really dirty and lacking some fairly…

30th July 2025 So the boat floats! BUUUUTTTTT there were a few problems in the very short distance from the boat lift to the marina dock. Of course, we were still feeling the time pressure too – we had one day before we had the skipper coming to help us move the boat round to…