"Culebrita is my favorite island!" is a refrain we heard from several cruisers. So we thought Little snake, if my newly acquired Spanish serves, could be a nice stop. It's a small island, about one mile by one mile. It's uninhabited but in the care of Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The signs look …
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Visit To El Supermercado
Rainbow over the Pueblo of Dewey. We finished uploading tax documents to our accountant yesterday (yes, one of the two certainties in life, no matter if you’re in paradise). But on a cheerier note, sometimes simple things like our first trip to land on Culebra, can be a pleasant diversion from all the craziness of …
Do you smell that!??
Before leaving Newburyport last year we completely replaced everything in Fayaway’s ancient septic system - except the toilet itself. (It was fairly new). You may have read about this fun project in our earlier post: Martha's Vineyard Doesn't Stink. Fayaway's new plumbing schematic Our fancy new plumbing system works really well. And without too much …
Back To The Future – Rope Rigging
Our Wauquiez Pretorien Fayaway was designed in the late nineteen seventies, loosely following design trends of IOR rules for ocean racers at that time. Fortunately, our design followed after some significant portions of the rules were updated, making ours a very safe and stable design. Furthermore, our Pretorien was designed primarily as a euro-styled cruiser, …
Islands: Anguilla to Jost Van Dyke
We’ve just touched bottom (just-literally and touched-figuratively, at least via anchor) at our 15th distinct island since leaving Virginia last November 1st. We’re going to stay put here in the BVIs for another week (oh darn;), allowing us to suck a few more warm breaths of sunny air into our salty lungs, and with which …
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