“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” ― Isak Dinesen
Meanwhile At The Dock We have been rafted to another boat El Criollo at a Lagoon Marina, now for almost three weeks. (Rafting is boat-speak for being tied alongside another boat.) We’re well protected from strong winds and waves. Fayaway's anchor is enjoying a rest, and so are her occupants. An elderly French couple live …
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They make great beer here at Lagoonies, in Dutch SXM. Adult beverages, that is. We left Newburyport with a bilge full-o-booze. That's where the bottles and cans live because it's a stable temperature in that dark space below. Of course we keep some chilled in the fridge too. Here’s the generic list of libations taken …
Saba (say-bah) has been on my bucket list to visit since I first became aware of this special place, and after committing to sailing our modest vessel Fayaway to the Caribbean a couple years ago. Saba, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is nestled west of St Eustatious and South of St Maarten. (An …
Waking before daylight, here in Simpson Bay Lagoon, Dutch Sint Maarten, I notice immediately the boat's movements, or lack of movement. For several days prior we had endured stronger trades, swinging back and forth (along with our neighbor vessels) to the rise and fall to liesurely breezes followed by powerful gusts, enough to make our …
When preparing for our travels I attended several seminars designed to prepare for a different way of living. Two nuggets of wisdom really resonated and stuck: One was, despite the obvious changes, don’t expect your lifestyle to change drastically. If you are an early riser, read a lot, like to cook or eat out, those …
More reader intervention requested here! We want to know which media form is preferred to you. We're not doing any long-ish (overnight) passages for the next couple months, so we're on-line most of the time. And we'd prefer to put more effort into posts that you would reach you best. Do you think it's too …
Happy New Year! We hope you are gaining ground to be successful in your 2020 pursuits. It's lovely here in the warm and windy Caribbean, and there's so much more for us to see and do. We want more time to spend exploring islands and meeting interesting folks. So I'm writing this post to let …
Yes, we are. And you can be too. Warm and breezy - Fayaway is flying SaltyDawg, AYC (Newburyport) and Antigua courtesy flags while anchored in dreamland. Often I'd hear “Living the dream” as a response to my casual inquiry as to how someone's day is going. Usually stated with pronounced sarcasm as though the person …
Yet another incredibly beautiful view from our anchorage. Huh? AKA St Bart's. Another one of those little-known Caribbean islands that seems so far away. I guess it actually is far, relative to where you are reading this. But this one has a different vibe - more European for sure. It looks and feels like a …
We arranged to have a driver to take us to the Capitol city of Basseterre (St Kitts), where roads were closed as an early morning carnival Jouvert was taking place. Yesterday the wind clocked to our South, and so swells and wind-driven chop came up overnight, making for another evening of broken sleep. That's ok, …
