November 24, 2010Pointe a Pitre, GuadeloupeLe GosierGroupama against IDEC16°12.17 N / 061°29.69 WIf all our passages have been relatively quiet, it wasn’t the case with our passage from Martinique to Guadeloupe. We learned what it meant to …
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Martinique en Famille
Mt PeleeMartinique en Famille Nov. 15, 2001Le Marin, MartiniqueBaie des Cyclones14°27.460 N / 060°52.195 WWhat were the odds? We almost did not go and have lunch at ‘Ti Toque in Le Marin because we had to get back on the boat to try to …
St. Lucia’s Coast
St. Lucia’s PitonsNov. 11, 2010Ste. Anne (Martinique)14º27.460 N / 060º52.195 WFinally, we are moving again. It looks like hurricane season is over. It ended with a bang in the Southeastern Caribbean, with Tomas hitting St. Lucia. …
Beckway no Way
Our little fleet in BequiaBequia (pronounced Beck’way) : No way!November 8, 201013:00.10 N / 61:14.63 W(I took the liberty to change the names of the cruisers involved to protect their identity)0330 on board “Big Blue” Mindy – “Mork, what i…
Good news
November 5, 2010BEQUIA (Grenadines)You can imagine that we were very worried about the status of the Dream Grenadines Catamaran, especially after the reports that it had sank off of St. Lucia. We finally found the cat’s owner and emailed him.&nbs…
HURRICANE TOMAS
November 1, 2010GRENADA (again)If we ever had any doubt as to the value of building SPEED into DOMINO, running away from Hurricane TOMAS clearly demonstrated the advantage of being able to cruise at 20 knots.We had just spent two weeks traveling North …
The Dragon’s Mouth
October 10, 2010CHACACHACARE Inlet (Trinidad)If had had known that Chacacacare was a rendez-vous spot for drug smugglers, I would never had talked JP into going there for the weekend. And a shame it would have been. As it is, we spent a …
PEAKE Performance
October 8, 2010 – Chaguaramas (Trinidad)PEAKE YACHT SERVICES Boatyard (poor Internet connection, no ability to upload photos… sorry, guys!… just a technical report)Seven weeks on the hard and we’re ready to splash again. And not a …
Hard on the Hard
September 11, 2010Chaguaramas, TrinidadJust a year ago, we were announcing that DOMINO would fly the US flag. We were still on the hard under the shed at Mariano Roque Alonso, 3 months away from launch. And we’re on the hard again, in Tri…
SPICEMAS Grenada
Spicemas GrenadaAugust 15, 2010Clark Court’s Bay, Woburn (Grenada)12°00 N / 061°44 WIf we categorically shunned Carnival in Brazil yet tested our tolerance for small crowds at the Tobago Heritage Festival, we definitely jumped with both feet into G…
