Month: April 2007

Our last web entry left off with us just having explored the very interesting town of St. Pierre on the island of Martinique. We need to make a wake and keep moving northwest as we have to be in St. Croix (300 miles from Martinique) by the 24th of April. We figure that we must make a hop to the next island up in this chain of islands almost every day. We have built in a two day stay in Les Saintes (group of islands off south west point of Guadaloupe) to say a final “good bye” to our friends on “Heaven Won’t Wait”.

Here’s how we made the 309 mile northwest move on Thalia:

Sat. Apr 14 – left Martinique for Portsmouth, Dominica (54 miles)

Sun. Apr 15 – Hopped to Les Saintes for a two night stay (21 miles)

Tues. Apr 17 – Hopped to Deshaies, Guadaloupe for a night (32 miles)

Wed. Apr 18 – Hopped past active volcanic island of Montserrat to Nevis (70 miles). Spent three nights anchored off Charlestown, Nevis.

Sat Apr 21 – Hopped to the island of Saba (47 miles) and discovered it was too rough to remain there as they have no protected anchorages and the seas were running quite big. At 3:30 in the afternoon, we made the decision to sail overnight to St. Croix (another 86 miles) — one of the US Virgin Islands.

Sun Apr 22 – Arrived at 7 am in the morning, ready to stay put for a few days!

Continue reading “Six Hops and Seven Islands in Nine days! Ep. 49”

It’s true. After a lot of consideration and discussion our family has made a firm commitment to stand strong “on the left”.

… you’re thinking, “great … here she goes with her political left vs. right, liberal argument against conservative views! Ha! Gotcha. No such luck.

You see, since our last web log, we have turned a corner, in the literal sense. Actually, a 180-degree corner — which is to say we have turned around and are now headed north/northwest where we have spent the previous five and a half months traveling in the south/southeastern direction! What does this have to do with the title, you ask? Everything!

Continue reading “We are leaning to the left! Ep. 48”

We had some special guests aboard Thalia this week – my brother Todd and his daughter Julia. Todd, along with his wife Molly, live in Sacramento, CA, along with two additional boys. Given the distance – and they currently hold the record for the longest travel to be onboard with us! – they couldn’t all come together. Regardless, we had a very enjoyable week with the two of them; it is always fun to show someone else the pleasures of cruising in the Caribbean!

Continue reading “Just Plain Fun, No Fooling Ep. 47”