tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39939701677914758152024-02-19T02:26:00.900-08:00SAIL AROUND THE WORLD WITH BLUE MOON...Join the adventures of the yacht 'Blue Moon' and crew as she navigates the worlds oceans and we sail around the world!Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-39318778628289471502012-04-29T14:42:00.000-07:002013-03-07T13:53:19.985-08:00<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>Sunday 29th April 2012</u></span></b><br />
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It's finally time to leave, we've been here in Puerto Rico for almost a month and we now have our weather window to sail to the Bahamas. We'll miss this place a lot especially the laid back way of life of the Latin American people, so friendly and welcoming.<br />
We're currently anchored off the town of Boqueron on the western coast and tomorrow morning will up anchor to head for the Bahama islands. Not sure how far we'll go or where we'll make first landfall but really excited to get into some new cruising grounds.<br />
We may not be near internet for a while but we now have a new tuner for our SSB radio which means we should be able to send updates to our cruising log. Just click the link up above and we'll try and keep you posted!Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-64415243867409397412012-04-21T08:54:00.000-07:002012-04-21T08:54:05.974-07:00Puerto Rican road trip<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday 15th April</span></b></u><br />
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Time to get off the boat and do some exploring! We rented a car here in Salinas for $30 a day and hit the road. The interior of Puerto Rico is really stunning with switch back roads over the Rain Forest covered mountains. Our first destination was the <b><a href="http://www.naic.edu/general/" target="_blank">Arecibo Observatory</a>, </b>the world's largest single-dish radio telescope<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-89517000272299030692012-04-16T15:26:00.004-07:002012-04-21T08:27:21.393-07:00Culebra to Puerto Rico<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tuesday April 10th</span></b></u><br />
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These have been some of the views from the boat here in Puerto Rico,we really love this place and had forgotten how beautiful the anchorages are. Since leaving Culebra we've been slowly making our way west along the south coast of Puerto Rico,we plan to stop at the town of Selinas to rent a car and explore in land for a couple of days before moving on to the Bahamas.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-87669506512632614892012-04-13T07:46:00.000-07:002012-04-13T08:20:13.665-07:00Culebrita Island - Spanish Virgins<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thursday 29th March</span></u></b><br />
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This Beautiful spot is the tiny island of Culebrita off the larger Spanish Virgin island of Culebra. We've been looking forward to returning here as it has one of the most beautiful beaches we've found and hardly anyone around to share it with! There's some great hiking trails through the brush, one of which leads up to an old light house with these spectacular views. We picked up one of the free mooring balls in the northern bay (we're the boat on the left in the photo above) and after catching a spanish mackerel on our way in we enjoyed a tasty grilled fish dinner on our first night.</div>
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Our last few days anchored in down town Charlotte Amalie on St.Thomas spent doing some last minute gift shopping and the usual errands of Laundry and grocery shopping. Our next stop is only fifteen miles to the east on the island of Culebra in the Spanish Virgins. I have to admit we've been looking forward to getting away from the crowds of tourists and charter boats and back to a more peaceful cruising lifestyle! </div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-33410962833523534572012-04-06T14:58:00.001-07:002012-04-13T08:19:57.261-07:00The Virgin Islands<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday 23rd March</span></u></b><br />
On the 14th March Jimmy's sister and brother-in-law, Kerry and Todd, came to visit us on board Blue Moon for a five day whirlwind visit. After flying in to St. Thomas from Florida we didn't waste time and attempted to visit as many of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Islands" target="_blank">US and British Virgin Islands</a> that we could...Oh, and fit in some fishing, snorkeling,diving and a fair bit of drinking along the way!<br />
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On our second day we spotted a pod of Whales in the British virgin Islands.</div>
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Todd caught this Jack fish within ten minutes of being under sail from St. Thomas on the first day. Unfortunately his wish for catching a big Mahi didn't happen as we only caught a Barracuda after this.</div>
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Arriving at Foxy's bar on Jost Vas Dyke in the BVI"s</div>
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The start of a wild night on board the party boat Willy T's anchored off Norman Island!</div>
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We managed to fit in a couple of dives, one at the pinnacle rocks of the Indians off Norman island and another on the Wreck of the Royal Mail Steamer Rhone which sank in 1867. </div>
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Exploring the baths on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands our last stop before heading back to St.Thomas.</div>
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Our arrival in Saint Maarten happened to coincide with the 32nd annual <a href="http://www.heinekenregatta.com/Home.aspx" target="_blank">heineken sailing regatta</a>. The closing party was held Sunday night on Kim Sha beach right in front of where we were anchored in Simpson bay. We headed ashore to check it out and had a great night meeting a lot of fun people from all over the world. The music was excellent and the line up included the world famous raggae singer Beres Hammond.</div>
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Jimmy finally finds the barrel he's been looking for...and it just happens to be full of his favourite Captain Morgan!Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-40360920585555597192012-03-06T08:50:00.000-08:002012-03-06T08:50:26.309-08:00St. Barts<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday 19th February</span></b></u><br />
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If I had to choose an island to live on in the Eastern Caribbean it would probably be St.Barts (Saint Barthelemy), with it's french charm and beautiful landscape it's almost hypnotic and extremely peaceful. Supposedly Columbus sailed past the island and thought it so beautiful that he named it after his brother. Along with the islands of Saint Martin, Guadaloupe and Martinique, Saint Barts makes up the group known as the French West Indies. </div>
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Our first stop was to anchor off the main port of Gustavia, the great thing about the French islands is they're cheap and easy to check into so after a quick stop at the Port Captains office we were free to roam the town. Gustavia is full of great little boutiques and cafes that skirt the shore line and wonderful place to just sit and people watch. After picking some French goodies in the supermarket the following day we upped anchor and headed around to the north west corner of the island and picked up a mooring in Colombier bay.</div>
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Part of the marine park, Colombier has a great beach with clear water for snorkelling and beautiful hikes around the surrounding hills. We planned to spend one night here and ended up staying for three!Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-61145146069285520402012-03-06T07:25:00.001-08:002012-03-06T08:34:39.796-08:00Barbuda<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Monday 13th February</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We have a new favourite Caribbean island, yes as usual we tend to always be falling in love with wherever we happen to be at the time and Barbuda is no exception. Our plan was never to come to this far north as we've been looking forward to 'turning the corner' and heading further west in the chain. However, on the morning of leaving Jolly Harbour we noticed the wind and sea was unusually calm and instead of sailing to the island of Nevis we made a quick sail change and headed the 30 miles north to Barbuda...we're very glad we did.</span>
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With a population of around 1,500 Barbuda forms part of the state Antigua and Barbuda. Most of the inhabitants live in the town of Codrington, named after the two brothers who originally leased the island back in 1685. The family used the island to grow crops and keep slaves before sending them on to Antigua to be sold. In 1834 the slaves were freed and today the island is owned communally which means no big resorts or hotels can be built without the locals say so. For this reason Barbuda remains one of the more untouched islands in the Eastern Caribbean.</div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We found this abandoned hotel above and explored it's rooms and grounds that are slowly being reclaimed by nature...eerie but beautiful!</span></div>
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The two main attractions on the island are the famous Frigate bird colony, consisting of over 5,000 birds, and the miles and miles of untouched pink beaches. We anchored off the Western coast along 11 mile beach and spent four glorious days walking and swimming the beach...without seeing another soul! </div>
</div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-90962995922815521882012-03-03T12:03:00.001-08:002012-03-03T12:03:14.985-08:00Jolly Harbour - Antigua<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thursday 9th February</span></b></u><br />
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After a few days anchored in Falmouth Harbour we moved around to the southern coast of Antigua to Jolly Harbour. Due to the high salt content in the water (we think) the bay is always this really beautiful turquoise colour making it such an inviting place to go for a swim and hang out on the boat. The other really inviting part of Jolly is the well stocked supermarket, full of a lot of great English and American products that we haven't seen anywhere else in a long time. The Caribbean islands can be touch and go with provisioning, the French islands tend to offer the best supermarkets with the widest selection of goodies, where as the independent islands usually have a limited supply of the basics. It makes cooking on board quite interesting as we always have to be a little creative with the ingredients available. For now though we're stocked back up and looking forward to hanging out at our next stop on the neighbouring island of Barbuda.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-18327617184401408432012-03-03T12:00:00.000-08:002012-03-03T12:00:38.198-08:00Cruising friends!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've been lucky enough to hook back up here in the Caribbean with our Cruising friends on board the Catamaran 'S/V Mehari'. A family of eight taking a two year cruise through the Mediterranean and Caribbean - they are such an inspiration as a family who work together as a team and are a joy to be around. The other day we caught a big Mahi Mahi on the way over to Antigua and invited them over to share it with us and had wonderful evening on board Blue Moon. Our paths will separate once we leave Antigua but check out their blog <a href="http://sevensailors.us/" target="_blank">Here</a> to find out more of their great story!Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-19783864566362634562012-02-09T20:38:00.000-08:002012-02-09T20:38:01.038-08:00Nelson's Dockyard - Antigua<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u><strong>Monday 6th February 2012</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Nelson's Dockyard is situated in English Harbour on the west coast of Antigua and just a five minute walk from where we're anchored in Falmouth Harbour. Built between 1723 and 1745 the dockyard was Britain's main naval Station in the leeward islands. Originally named "His majesty's Antigua Navel Yard" it later became known as Nelson's dockyard when restorations began in 1951, due to the fact that Admiral Horatio Nelson was stationed here in 1784.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The work done to restore the yard has made it into a beautiful, tranquil place to escape into a little bit of English History. With a wonderful museum, bakery, boutique shops and restaurants we found the harbour a great haven to spend a peaceful afternoon away from the boat.</span></strong></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-41640461349981345732012-02-09T19:41:00.000-08:002012-02-09T19:41:27.121-08:00Work to Play!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There's always something that has to be fixed on a boat and this time it's the outboard motor on our dingy. In seven years she's barely had a hiccup so I guess it's her turn for some attention...just have to find the problem first!</span></strong>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-2029307152000220412012-02-09T19:29:00.000-08:002012-02-09T19:29:45.498-08:00Super bowl Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>We're back in Antigua and Falmouth harbour has been just a little of a culture shock to say the least. There must be hundreds of millions of dollars worth of yachts all moored here in one place - and that doesn't even include the neighbouring English harbour which holds even more!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>We're anchored behind with the slightly "smaller" yachts, that's the Mirabella V in the foreground with the tallest mast of any sailing vessel in the world.</strong></span>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-42176040645680669892012-02-09T12:57:00.000-08:002012-02-09T19:15:44.353-08:00Fresh Fish!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Hooray!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Finally caught another nice size Mahi Mahi, lucky for us it happens to be one of our favourite fish and more importantly - he really helped to extend our dwindling fresh food stores. This little guy filled four gallon size zip lock bags with fillets, making it well worth the extra 30 minutes needed to land him while we crossed the Guadeloupe/Antigua passage.. </strong></span>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-72777965473957702132012-02-09T12:23:00.000-08:002012-02-09T12:23:50.585-08:00Deshaies - Guadeloupe<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>While we were keeping dry on the boat we made the most of the time; catching up with Internet, playing games on the ipad and cooking up new recipes - Jimmy bought this bag of vegetables, from a small local french market, for just one euro and it contained everything we needed for a delicious soup...</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Now and then the rain did let up and we escaped on shore to do some exploring. Guadeloupe is another island owned by the French and the village of Deshaies has some great restaurants, gift shops and dive companies</strong></span>.</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>We hiked in the hills to the south of the bay for some great views overlooking the village and stopped at Hemingway's restaurant - unfortunately they don't serve food during the day!</strong></span></div>
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<u><strong><span style="color: black;">Monday 30th January 2012</span></strong></u></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The beautiful Iles des Saintes, a small group of french islands situated between Dominica and Guadaloupe, are the perfect break for beach time, snorkeling and hiking. We anchored off the main island behind Pain De Sucre piton and were joined by friends off the boat 'Mehari' - a family of eight who have been sailing together for two years - </strong></span><a href="http://sevensailors.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>visit their blog here</strong></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A few of us decided to stretch our legs and go for a hike to the Le chameau ( lookout tower)on the highest point of the island. Jimmy and I had done this hike before but had forgotten how steep a climb it was. Emma and Levi were real troopers as the hike was a little unexpected for them and they were only wearing flip flops(and Eric in crocs)! Luckily we were rewarded with some great views along the way</strong></span>. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Half way point</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Climbing to the top of the lookout tower to get a better view...a little scary but well worth it.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...And back to the beach to meet up with the rest of the family!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A beautiful present from Lily.</span></strong></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-22364972508156540712012-02-08T11:42:00.000-08:002012-02-08T11:42:52.975-08:00Dominica<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back in Dominica, a gem in the caribbean crown, and one of our most savoured islands. We've been excited to get back here as Dominica holds some of the most beautiful, untouched rainforest in the caribbean and the lack of hotels, and thus tourists, make it a great relaxing hideaway. Although the number of cruising yachts stopping here has seemed to increased (as well as small independant cruise ships), the islands still holds alot of the old school Caribbean charm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are a few choices of tours you can take here, our favourites being the Indian River (by row boat) and a hike to the hot springs for a swim. All of which can be arranged by the 'boat boys' who will visit you in their skiffs and pick you up and drop you off. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">However, times are changing and even though there are still no big hotels, word has spread in the cruiser community and prices of island tours have doubled since last time we were here. We opted not to do any tours this time but just to relax and enjoy the area and people of Portsmouth town. The local buses are also a great way to get around and with a little bit of organisation you can see everything without a guide.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">On our last visit Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were being filmed here in Prince Rupert Bay and we were lucky enough to be anchored next to the Black Pearl and have Johnny Depp pass by everyday on his way to and from filming. Unfortunately this visit wasn't quite so glamorous but we still love the island and the great back to nature feel it radiates.</span></span></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-39553575148221073592012-02-07T06:09:00.000-08:002012-02-07T06:09:03.170-08:00Caribbean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hopefully these give you a better idea of where we are and where we're headed!</span></strong>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-32081276469943979202012-02-07T05:39:00.000-08:002012-02-07T05:39:44.339-08:00Martinique<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We've started to head north and our first stop after leaving St.Lucia is the town of St.Pierre on the north west point of Martinique. The anchorage lies in the Shadow of Mt. Pelee volcano, which in 1902 erupted killing just under 30,000 people. Two lucky residents survived, Cyparis, who was imprisoned in a stone cell, and Leon Leandre, a cobbler in his cellar!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last time we were here we spent a few days exploring the village and hiking in the hills above, this time we just used it as an overnight anchorage and as a jumping point to get further north to the island of Dominica. The trade winds have been blowing in full swing, on the Atlantic crossing this made for a great downwind sail, now that we're heading north between the islands it means a lot of wind and big swell hitting us on the beam and some times head on. It's not making for the most enjoyable sailing for me as we end up wet and soggy but Jimmy is Loving the speed and the opportunity to push Blue Moon at what she does best. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a strange feeling to be back in the Caribbean again, a place so familiar to us and yet everything feels new. In seven years a lot can change but really the underlying way of life is exactly the same and that's what we love. We haven't found a cruising community like this anywhere else in the world and we were welcomed back in with open arms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Making the most of a Christmas present from Jimmy's mum we decided to Literally 'splash out' and spend a week in Rodney Bay marina and give Blue Moon some desperately needed TLC. In four days we had already used over 400 gallons of water as we scrubbed away the thick coat of Sahara dust we'd collected since Morocco. Luckily we were able to balance working on the boat with exploring the local area and celebrating our circumnavigation with good friends. </span></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-63714969443313172242012-02-06T07:59:00.000-08:002012-02-06T07:59:51.511-08:00Caribbean Cuisine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the great things about being back in the Caribbean is the local food, made from locally grown ingredients it's real soul food which leaves you feeling like you've eaten a 'proper' meal! Roti's are one of our favourite - it's basically curry wrapped in a flour pancake or wrap. The curry often varies to include either chicken, beef, goat, shrimp and with or without vegetables. Beans and rice are another popular meal and when mixed with either steamed fish, jerk chicken or beef in a kind of gravy it's really delicious!</span></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com0Castries-Gros Islet Hwy, St Lucia14.077973196671586 -60.946655273437513.831547196671586 -61.2625122734375 14.324399196671585 -60.6307982734375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-85763925744891753122012-01-21T18:51:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:42:42.518-08:00Full Circle - We made it!<strong><span style="color: black;">Wednesday 11th January</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">This was the point at which we crossed over our old track and officially completed our seven year double handed circumnavigation. Over 30,000 miles (we have yet to calculate our exact distance) and 40+ countries - We've shed blood, sweat and tears and at times questioned if we'd ever make it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">We want to thank everyone for your support and especially our families who without their love and understanding (and a lot of patience) it would have never been possible. Of course thanks to Blue Moon who's been an absolute trooper and held up in conditions we couldn't have dreamed off...we're very proud of her.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">So what's in store for us now?...The trip hasn't finished yet and we plan to sail Blue Moon slowly back up through the islands to Florida by June. She'll continue being our home until we figure out what to do with the rest of our lives!! </span>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993970167791475815.post-8653952575045332542012-01-21T17:59:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:30:14.592-08:00Barbados<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: black;">Tuesday 10th January</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These Pictures pretty much sum up our stay in Barbados...Vibrant Colours, Stunning beaches, Friendly people and lots of Rum! We spent two weeks exploring the island using the public buses which cost just $2 Barbadian for a ride no matter how far or short a trip you take. It's been great to be back in a country where English is the first language as it makes asking for directions a lot easier and we're able to chat to people on the bus to gain some local knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Barbadians are extremely friendly, tourism (other than rum), is the biggest industry on the island and it feels like the locals appreciate this and go out of their way to make us feel welcome. We've been constantly stopped in the street and asked if we needed help to find anything - no strings attached, they're not trying to divert us into their shop or sell anything - just trying to help...so refreshing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Blue Moon has needed some TLC and we haven't been neglecting our duties to her, we've found a happy balance of work in the morning and having the afternoon to explore. After 16 days at sea it's been wonderful to get out and do some hiking to stretch our legs and have a slightly more intimate way learning the lay of the land.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Every day more yachts that we know arrive from their crossing so our social calender has been getting more crammed. With sunset drinks on the beach and on various yachts it's great to see every ones excitement to have made it across the Atlantic in one piece and to finally be in the Caribbean. Our next stop will be in St. Lucia where we'll complete our circumnavigation...we just have to drag ourselves away from Barbados first!</span></div>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14284667876004486546noreply@blogger.com