Author Archives: Susie

Freedom!

We have at last found freedom in the cays along the south coast of Cuba. The sail from Santiago along the east coast was enjoyable with a few picturesque anchorages on the way, but everywhere we stopped the guarda police … Continue reading

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Complicated Cuba

We arrived safely into the large harbour at Santiago de Cuba after a slow 24 hour sail from Jamaica, the entrance channel is well marked and after passing the island of Cayo Granma just inside the entrance we were instructed … Continue reading

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Jammin’, Jammin’

It seems that to really see all of Jamaica you need plenty of cash, all the tours and attractions come with a price. Even the Bob Marley Museum which is apparently where he lived in the last few years of … Continue reading

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Port Antonio, Jamaica

  To say the town of Port Antonio is lively is an understatement. Bustling with people and cars, music pumping and car horns beeping, the smell of jerk chicken wafting lightly in the air and lazy dogs asleep on the petrol … Continue reading

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Goodbye Bonaire, Hello Jamaica!

With weather forecasting one of our daily interests, we have a whole host of websites that we use to plan our passages including synoptic charts. We recently discovered ‘Predict Wind’ and after a trial of their free basic version we … Continue reading

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Seahorse-Tastic in Bonaire

Our replacement gas cell arrived via the boat yard in just under a week from ordering, so the kicker on the main is now fully functional again.  The Suzuki motor is running a real treat, super fuel economy and fast!  … Continue reading

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New Outboard in Bonaire

The wind dropped as predicted last week, and we have had much nicer conditions here since, including the swell subsiding so the mooring has been more comfortable.  We had planned on taking the dinghy over to the small island of … Continue reading

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Happy New Year from Bonaire!

The wind has howled and rattled through the rigging for 6 weeks now with barely any let-up.  Getting our sails back on after we had removed them in Spanish Water to repair a bent foil on the roller furling system … Continue reading

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Marina Time, Curacao

We have had a very busy couple of months getting lots of maintenance jobs done and are gradually getting things back together ready to continue our travels.  The inverter finally came back 8 weeks later, fixed and at a very … Continue reading

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Cracking on in Curacao

In the last couple of weeks there has been a frenzy of activity on Joy, well frenzy in a Caribbean kinda style anyway.  The dorade vent boxes were taken back to bare wood and revarnished, and the name plate and … Continue reading

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