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Donkey Sanctuary, Bonaire

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Susie

A stay on Bonaire would not be complete without a visit to the Donkey Sanctuary, just south of the small airport. It is a non-profit making organisation started by a Dutch couple in the early 90’s, to care for the … Continue reading →

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Klein Bonaire

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Susie

Klein Bonaire is a small uninhabited island right opposite the town of Kralendijk, so behind us on our town mooring buoy.  It was an easy dinghy ride around to ‘No Name Beach’ on the island, where we made use of … Continue reading →

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Bonaire Affair

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Susie

After arriving in Bonaire nearly a month ago, we have totally fallen in love with this unique little island.  It has a very mixed population, a strong Dutch influence with a Caribbean twist plus there are quite a few Spanish … Continue reading →

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Trinidad to Bonaire

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Susie

We first sailed across the channel to Grenada to give ourselves a better sailing angle to Bonaire and avoid the Venezuelan coast (pirates!).  Trinidad had provided an unfortunate wind shield until about 20 miles offshore when we finally picked up … Continue reading →

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Trinidad

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Susie

We left Tobago with very little wind, so unfortunately we motored for a couple of hours before picking up a wonderful breeze which enabled us to sail faster than we had motored.  Dolphins joined us close to the north shore … Continue reading →

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Final Preparations for ARC+

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Susie

Well we had a great fancy dress party last night with fellow ARC+ participants.  A last minute dash to the fancy dress shop late afternoon after some very good seminars, and we were sorted. For three very unenthusiastic fancy dressers, … Continue reading →

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Gran Canaria

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Susie

Our crossing from Fuerteventura to Gran Canaria was awesome, sailing on a beam reach with 15ish knots of wind and we flew along.  We made landfall at Las Palmas as we needed to drop a sail off for some adjustments … Continue reading →

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Fuerteventura

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Susie

We left our anchorage off Playa de las Mujeras, South Lanzarote, yesterday morning after a lovely swim, cool but surprisingly not cold and very clear.  The anchorage had sand patches with lots of boulders, and whilst the anchor had a … Continue reading →

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Canary Islands

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Susie

We have had a fantastic 600 mile sail to the Canaries, arriving NE Lanzarote late Thursday afternoon after sailing for some 4 ½ days. With NE winds pretty much all the way, 20-25 knots at times, we enjoyed downwind sailing … Continue reading →

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Elvis is Dead

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Susie

We spent 2 weeks on the hard stand at Almerimar doing jobs to Joy, the main one being replacing the Aquadrive which meant removing the rudder so that we could remove the prop shaft completely and we replaced the cutlass … Continue reading →

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