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FOOD: In the small world department the father of the office manager of the marine service company we are using just came into our dock with swordfish. He would be cutting it up at 4:30pm. GREAT! The biggest one must have been 500 lbs. I’ll take 3…

A siren woke me up. Then the red glow that that was a restaurant burst into flames. Thank god the wind was blowing the smoke and sparks downwind of us…but we still hooked up the hose and soaked the canvas just in case. (View Post…)

Downtown Gustavia…at the other end of town (4 blocks) from Hermes, Cartier, Eres, etc. (View Post…)

As a good friend said, “Rainbows are like fireworks, you never get enough of them.” (View Post…)

Had a great end of year visit from my daughter, son in law and three grandchildren. When they weren’t trying out yet another new beach, they were figuring out a new exciting places, the higher the better, on the boat to jump off of — I nixed walking …

Douglas saw the green flash! (View Post…)

It’s a good thing we have attitude — m/v Aries Too being a Nordhavn that is. The anchorage off Corossol Bay where we got an early spot is now taken up with mega yachts. Anything less than 200′ looks small!! (Continued…)

Some friends ask, “What do you DO all day?” These are people who don’t know about boats — there is always a longer list of things to fix or clean than you ever want to spend the time doing.  (Continued…)

Some friends ask, “What do you DO all day?” These are people who don’t know about boats — there is always a longer list of things to fix or clean than you ever want to spend your time doing.  (Continued…)

Once we realized that the worsening weather was continuing thru Christmas!! We pulled anchor in Les Saintes and did a 24 hour run for St Barts. My daughter and her family are coming after Christmas, St Barth’s busiest time of year. If we don’t get a…