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Yesterday we got invited by our neighbors to go to an old sugar cane plantation. We got a tour of the old sugar mill property that started back in 1789. We tried a bunch of different fruits, sugar cane, coconut, almonds and learned how they used to press the sugar
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When we bought our boat it had been sitting in a boatyard for 8 years. It needed a lot of work, including rebuilding both engines. As we were pulling into Bequia yesterday one of our engines overheated and is pretty much unusable. Our other engine has had issues for a
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New island for us today - Bequia - an island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines in May, but not any of the islands this far north. Our goal for this week is to island hop our way up to Martinique, so we
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Yesterday we said goodbye to the main island of Grenada, but first we had to wait for the cruise ship to come in. We have't quite left the country of Grenada yet. Our first stop on our journey north is Carriacou. We debated skipping it since we'
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Our time in Grenada is coming to an end. We've loved it here, but it is time to move on as soon as the weather cooperates and we get a few more things done. Yesterday we pulled up anchor and moved a little farther north, closer to town
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I don't consider myself a very superstitious person. I don't worry about breaking mirrors or black cats or walking under ladders. But there are some things we just don't do because they are bad luck. A lot of people have asked about our boat
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This morning we lifted the dinghy, secured items on the deck and got things put away in preparation for finally leaving the dock! Braden and Emma took a morning drive to scope out the anchorage to see how crowded it was. We fired up the engines only to discover unexpected
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Before we left the boat in June there was a lot of work to get it ready to sit for months in the sweltering summer heat - vacuum sealing clothes, storing cushions, taking down sails, getting rid of food and the list goes on and on. Now that we'
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