PEAKE YACHT SERVICES, CHAGUARAMAS, TRINIDAD. FINAL INSPECTION BEFORE LAUNCHING. |
LOADED AND READY FOR THE TRAVEL LIFT. |
LYING IN THE SLINGS WAITING TO GET HER BUM WET. |
SCOTLAND BAY, TRINIDAD. LYING AT ANCHOR RIGGING SAILS AND COVERS. |
PRICKLY BAY, GRENADA. WE HAD A FAST OVERNIGHT PASSAGE FROM TRINIDAD, NO PIRATE ISSUES. |
LANCE AUX EPINES BEACH, GRENADA. BEAUTIFUL BEACH FOR A DIP. |
THE REGULAR CRUISER'S JAM SESSION AT SECRET HARBOUR MARINA, GRENADA. |
FORT GEORGE, ST.GEORGES, GRENADA. THE BEST VIEWS IN TOWN. |
PORT LOUIS MARINA, GRENADA. LUXURY FACILITIES OVERLOOKING THE CARENAGE. |
CONCORD FALLS, GRENADA. |
SAILING UP THE GRENADA COAST ON ROUTE TO DIVE THE UNDERWATER SCULPTURE PARK. |
SURVEYING THE SCENE IN TYRELL BAY, CARRIACOU. |
CARRIACOU ISLAND WITH SANDY ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE. |
TYRELL BAY, CARRIACOU. SUNDOWNERS AT ANCHOR. |
OUR MORNING DIP, GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY. |
SANDY ISLAND. GREAT SNORKELING SPOT WITH EXCELLENT VIZ. |
LYING AT ANCHOR OFF SANDY ISLAND READY FOR ANOTHER DAY OF UNDERWATER ADVENTURES. |
TOBAGO CAYS IN THE GRENADINES. TURQUOISE WATER, WHITE BEACHES AND PLENTY OF REEF SYSTEMS, A SNORKELER'S PARADISE. |
CLIFTON, UNION ISLAND, GRENADINES. POPULAR BASE FOR KITE SURFERS AND DIVERS. |
CLIFTON'S SMALL MARINA MAINLY USED BY CHARTER BOATS. |
UNION ISLAND, GRENADINES. TYPICAL CARIBBEAN BEACHFRONT SETTING. |
TOBAGO CAYS, GRENADINES. UNDER A FULL MOON WE COULD SEE OUR ANCHOR CHAIN LYING ON THE BOTTOM IN 8m OF WATER. |
MY LITTLE GIRL EXPLORING WITH HER DAD. |
UNDERCOVER PALM SHADED PARKING FOR OUR DUCK. |
A VIEW OF HORSESHOE REEF FROM THE TOP OF PETIT BATEAU. |
THE CHANNEL BETWEEN PETIT RAMEAU AND PETIT BATEAU. |
TOBAGO CAYS, FAMILY POSING IN A TROPICAL PARADISE. |
DITTO. |
NEGOTIATING THE NARROW CHANNEL OUT OF THE CAYS. |
MAGNIFICENT SAILING ON ROUTE TO MUSTIQUE. |
MUSTIQUE IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE ULTIMATE PRIVATE HIDEAWAY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND . |
PERFECT DAY FOR A SAIL. |
THE FAMOUS MATING TORTOISES OF MUSTIQUE. |
THE LIKES OF MICK JAGGER, BRYAN ADAMS, TOMMY HILFIGER AND OTHERS OWN HOMES ON THE SHORES OF THIS BAY. |
PLENTY OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS IF YOU HAVE THE BUCKS. |
PALM BEACH, TOMMY HILFIGER'S 6,5 ACRE BEACHFRONT HOLIDAY HOME ON MUSTIQUE. |
BEQUIA ISLAND. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY USE THESE BOATS TO HUNT WHALES. |
PORT ELIZABETH, BEQUIA, VERY POPULAR WITH THE CRUISING FRATERNITY. |
ANCHORED OFF PRINCESS MARGARET BEACH, BEQUIA. |
THE NIGHT I BECAME A RADIO PERSONALITY, LONG STORY. |
VELSHEDA, THE FAMOUS J-CLASS YACHT WITH HER SUPPORT VESSEL BYSTANDER IN THE BACKGROUND. |
REACHING TO SAINT LUCIA WITH THE UNMISTAKABLE PITONS UP AHEAD. |
THE LUXURIOUS MARIGOT BAY RESORT & MARINA, SAINT LUCIA. ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE YACHTING DESTINATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN. |
BEING GUESTS IN THE MARINA WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY ALL THE FACILITIES FOR FREE. |
MARIGOT BAY, A WELL KNOWN HURRICANE HOLE WAS ALSO THE SITE OF A NUMBER OF BATTLES BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH. IT WAS ALSO THE SETTING OF THE FILM DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN 1967. |
MARIGOT BAY, SAINT LUCIA. A BEAUTIFUL SETTING LIKE NO OTHER. |
WINDWARD HANGING OUT IN STYLE. |
RODNEY BAY MARINA, SAINT LUCIA. THE FRUIT & VEG GUY DELIVERS TO YOUR BOAT. |
CASTRIES, THE CAPITAL OF SAINT LUCIA. |
GROS PITON & PETIT PITON, SAINT LUCIA. STANDING AT WELL OVER 700m TALL, THE PITONS ARE A WORLD HERITAGE SITE. |
SAINT-ANNE, MARTINIQUE. A VERY QUAINT, VERY FRENCH TOWN ON THE COAST. |
VIEW OF THE ANCHORAGE FROM THE TOWN DOCK. |
A USUALLY VERY FESTIVE TOWN SQUARE, CHURCH INCLUDED. |
LA PLAGE DE LA POINTE BEACH, MARIN. MARTINIQUE. |
DIAMOND ROCK, MARTINIQUE. THIS ROCK HAS A FASCINATING HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. THE BRITISH RENAMED THE ISLAND HMS DIAMOND ROCK WHICH IS AN INTERESTING STORY IN ITSELF. |
BROAD REACHING TO DOMINICA. |
OUR RASTA FRIENDS OWNED A TINY RESTAURANT ON THE ROCKS IN PORTSMOUTH, DOMINICA WHERE WE ATE AND DRANK AND HAD SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LIFE. |
THE RAIN FORESTS AND THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF DOMINICA WAS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE MARIA, NOW REGARDED AS THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER ON RECORD TO AFFECT THE ISLAND. |
OUR RASTA FRIENDS WHO SHOWED US THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND MADE OUR STAY ON THEIR ISLAND VERY SPECIAL. |
PORTSMOUTH, DOMINICA. KNOWN AS THE NATURE ISLAND, DEFINITELY MY FAVOURITE CARIBBEAN ISLAND. |
INDIAN RIVER, DOMINICA. THIS IS THE HIDEAWAY OF TIA DALMA (CALYPSO) IN THE MOVIE "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN". |
THE ATLANTIC COAST OF DOMINICA IN KALINAGO TERRITORY WHERE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND STILL LIVE TODAY. |
EMERALD POOL, DOMINICA. GREAT PLACE TO COOL OFF AFTER A LONG HIKE. |
THE IMPOSING ENTRANCE TO FORT NAPOLEON, TERRE-DE-HAUT, ILES DES SAINTES. THIS FORT HAS HAD AN INTERESTING PAST AND TODAY IS A MUSEUM. |
LES SAINTES BAY, TERRA-DE-HAUT. THE MAIN TOWN IS A SLICE OF FRANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN |
MY FIRST MATE GAZING OUT AT OUR FLOATING HOME IN THE ANCHORAGE. |
ADIX LYING AT ANCHOR OFF ILET A CABRIT, LES SAINTES. SHE WAS ON ROUTE TO ANTIGUA FOR THE CLASSIC WEEK. |
PLAGE DE POMPIERRE, TERRE-DE-HAUT, LES SAINTES. AFTER A LONG, HOT HIKE EXPLORING THE ISLAND THIS WAS THE PERFECT BEACH TO COOL OFF. |
KEEPING OUR UNDERBODY SPOTLESS, LIKE MOWING THE LAWN BACK HOME. |
A DOWNWIND PASSAGE UP THE LEEWARD COAST OF GUADELOUPE ON ROUTE TO DESHAIES. |
JARDIN BOUTANIQUE DE DESHAIES. THE MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL GARDENS, A PERFECT PLACE TO CHILL IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. |
THE SPICE MARKET, POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADELOUPE. THIS LISTED HISTORICAL MONUMENT IS WHERE YOU CAN BUY FRUIT, VEGETABLES, FISH AND OF COURSE SPICES. THE AIR IS SCENTED WITH CINNAMON AND VANILLA. |
POINTE-A-PITRE'S COLONIAL PAST IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE. |
THE STATUE OF VELO. MARCEL LOLLIA KNOWN AS VELO WAS A MASTER GWOKA DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST. |
HERITAGE QUAY, ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA. TAKING A STROLL THROUGH THE ISLAND'S CAPITAL. |
MAGNIFICENT SAILING VESSELS OLD & NEW. |
ENGLISH HARBOUR, ANTIGUA. PACKED WITH CRUISERS WANTING TO HAVE FRONT ROW SEATS FOR THE SAIL PAST OUT TO THE RACE COURSE AND BACK EACH DAY. |
THE ANTIGUA CLASSIC REGATTA. WATCHING THESE BEAUTIES UNDER FULL SAIL WAS AMAZING PARTICULARLY WHEN THE WIND GOT UP. |
A MOUTHWATERING COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC YACHTS. |
THE MALTESE FALCON. A VERY UNUSUAL SELF-STANDING THREE MASTED SQUARE RIGGER AND POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST TECHNICALLY COMPLEX YACHTS IN THE WORLD. |
SHAMROCK V. SITTING IN THE HEART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL J-CLASS YACHT. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED BY SIR THOMAS LIPTON AND LAUNCHED IN 1930. |
OUR STRANGE LOOKING NEIGHBOUR FOR NEARLY A MONTH IN FALMOUTH HARBOUR. |
GREEN ISLAND OFF THE EAST COAST OF ANTIGUA. WE SET SAIL FROM HERE FOR BARBADOS. |
UNDER FULL SAIL WITH ANTIGUA RAPIDLY SLIPPING OVER THE HORIZON. |
ANTIGUA TO BARBADOS, OUR BEST SAILING OF THE SEASON. FAST PASSAGE-MAKING IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. |
CARLISLE BAY, BARBADOS. ONE OF THE FEW ANCHORAGES OFF THE WEST COAST OF BARBADOS. |
BARBADOS YACHT CLUB. THE VIEW OVER THE ANCHORAGE IN CARLISLE BAY. |
PORT ST CHARLES MARINA, SPEIGHTSTOWN, BARBADOS. THE FANCY MARINA WHERE WE BASED OURSELVES WHILE EXPLORING THE ISLAND. |
THE FINAL PASSAGE OF OUR CARIBBEAN SEASON FROM BARBADOS TO TRINIDAD. LOOKING OUT FOR ANY BOAT RESEMBLING A PIRATE VESSEL. |
GREAT DOWNWIND SAILING APPROACHING BOCAS DE MONOS AND THE GULF OF PARIA. |
PEAKE YACHT SERVICES, CHAGUARAMAS, TRINIDAD. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST BOATYARDS IN THE CARIBBEAN CONVENIENTLY OUT OF THE HURRICANE BELT. |
WINDWARD GETTING HER BOTTOM POWER-WASHED AND READY TO BE TRANSPORTED TO OUR ALLOCATED SPOT IN THE YARD. |
AFTER A WONDERFUL, TROUBLE-FREE SAILING SEASON IN THE CARIBBEAN, WINDWARD TAKES A WELL EARNED REST IN THE HIGH SECURITY COMPOUND WAITING FOR HER NEXT ADVENTURE AT SEA. |