After a campfire dinner of hot dogs, freshly caught fish, s’mores, and several glasses of wine on a deserted beach on volcano-ravaged but still beautiful Montserrat, I decided to interview myself about our cruising life. … [Read more]
Guadeloupe to Antigua Passage
It's hard to describe how amazing it is as I am writing this. Words like epic and spiritual come to mind. Let me see if I can paint the scene for you, the sight, the movement and sounds of a sailboat traveling at night. We are twenty miles … [Read more]
Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth. As we turn back north, roughly half way through our year in the Caribbean, four cities with the same name come to mind. … [Read more]
Marie Galante: the Very Quiet French Island
Here are a few photos from our week-ish on quiet, charming, beautiful Marie Galante, where we discovered the French authorities don't like our boat papers, saw loads of big starfish, drove all over the island in a tiny rental car, played on multiple … [Read more]
Daily Life: Blood, Topless Sunbathing, and French Wine from a Box
What's it really like to live and travel on a boat in the Caribbean with three boys? There's no such thing as a typical day, but this was today in Les Saintes: 6:00 - Turn off alarm. Go back to sleep. 7:15 - Wake up when son taps head and says … [Read more]
Fort Napoleon, Les Saintes – Sailingkids Review
Fort Napoleon is on top of a hill overlooking the harbor of Terre de Haut in Les Saintes. It is one of three forts forming a triangle around the bay. It was originally named Fort Louis, but this was taken by the British and destroyed. The British … [Read more]