We slipped our mooring lines at about 4:30 from Marigot Bay in St. Martin for our overnight sail to the British Virgin Islands (BVI). We...

We chose to head back to the British Virgin Islands for hurricane season, and it was a big decision with lots of moving parts. If you’ve...

Exploring the Caribbean has provided us so many different experiences, from hanging out in small bays with a few other boats to docking...

During this adventure, we are often asked, “What’s your favorite island?” And we almost always say, “The one we’re on.” That’s changed...

I thought we were going to die…. And we weren’t even on our boat. Our first trip to St. Vincent was on February 7th when we took the...

It was time to leave Canouan and make the 13 NM journey to Mustique. We did not stop in Mustique on our way down and wanted to check out...

Our plan from Mayreau was to go to Tobago Cays, but the winds were too strong, so we decided to go over to Canouan. Little did we know,...

We left Chatham Bay on Union Island bound for Mayreau. We learned from a couple of other cruisers that there was a hotel and restaurant...

Before we left Carriacou, which is part of Grenada, we had to clear out to leave before we headed to the Grenadines. I dinghied Joe to...

We finally got the boat ready to leave the safety of Clarke’s Court Marina on Grenada. It is always with a little trepidation that you...

Hello from Grenada! We’re back on Making Connections for Chapter 3 of our adventure, sending best wishes for a wonderful 2023. Our intent...

When we started this adventure in October of 2021, our plan was to go 12 months straight through and come home once in May. We decided to...

Grenada is comprised of three islands - Carriacou, Petite Martinique (very far from the-not-petite-Martinique) and then of course,...

We have been wanting to visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for years because any of our Tradewinds crew members who sailed there...

Our intent was to go into Rodney Bay Marina on St. Lucia on June 20th for a few days to get our new engine mounts installed, enjoy some...

We arrived in St. Pierre Martinique, which is in the northwestern section of the country, after a 32NM sail. It was a good sail with a...

We love the French islands of St. Martin and Guadeloupe because the people are friendly, especially if you attempt to speak French. And,...

(Note: Joe and I wrote two versions of Dominica and I chose to publish both as Dominica was quite spectacular. We’ll change it up for the...

We left Isles des Saintes at 7:00 am on June 5th for the 22 mile journey to Dominica (Dom A Neeka). The wind was a brisk 19 knots at a...

Deshaies is in the northern part of Guadeloupe. It is a port of entry which is the reason for our destination. It was pretty quiet when...