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January 28, 2014September 21, 2014 Paul and Claire

Soufriere, St Lucia

Cruising

We found St Lucia to be very unsafe and crime against cruisers is rife. We have heard of so many incidents and we have only been on the island for a month. We were at this point very keen to leave the island. Sadly whilst anchored at Soufriere we learnt of the tragic murder of a cruiser in Vieux Fort, the next stop and last customs clearance place on the island. Vieux Fort had a bad reputation for theft so we had intended to give it a miss. Soufriere wasn’t great. It was a hassle as St Lucia always is

January 17, 2014January 18, 2014 Claire

College Blues

Cruising

The blue of the sea that is! College has started for Sophie. Each morning she takes over the doghouse and studies. She is studying for Geography, English Language and English Literature. We are using the Cambridge International exams and will register as a private candidate with a college in New Zealand for her AS exams and South Africa for her A2s. We are still in Marigot Bay. We wanted to establish a studying routine after 6 months off. Study and boat maintenance/admin in the morning, snorkle before lunch! We are getting used to it. We think we are finally getting

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014 Paul and Claire

Marigot & Surround

Cruising

January 14, 2014 Paul and Claire

Marigot Bay Photos

Cruising

January 12, 2014September 25, 2014 Claire

Marigot Bay

Cruising

Arrived in Marigot Bay and had a leisurely lunch followed by sundowners with ARC friends who were also here. Then we all had a long dinner at Doolittles. No need to eat today! It feels good to be somewhere other than Rodney Bay. No boat boy hassle here which makes for a relaxing anchorage. Food’s not great at Doolittles. Worst of all the place is infested with no-see-ums that chew your ankles to bits. And Happy Hour is a bit of a con with the apparent standard EC$ type prices for drinks actually turning out to be in USD! So

January 11, 2014September 25, 2014 Paul and Claire

Rodney Bay Supermarket – Shop Alone!

Cruising

To avoid the crush – just turn up! Twice we went to the supermarket in the mall and almost had it to ourselves.

January 9, 2014January 28, 2014 Claire

Finally at anchor

Cruising

We moved out of the marina yesterday to anchor in Rodney Bay. Despite the unseasonal weather in the photo (upside down and I cant fix it!) we did manage to anchor the dinghy and snorkel around the rocks on Pigeon Island. It feels good to be free of a marina for the first time in 3 months (not including the Atlantic)! Because of our varying problems we have had to be attached to land and our last anchorage was Portimao in the Algarve. We ate well last night, some steaks with plantain and baked potato. Our first attempt at cooking

January 6, 2014September 21, 2014 Paul and Claire

Zip Lining St Lucia

Cruising

A great day out zip lining through the rain forest. Of course it rained on our open top jeep. There are 12 zip lines at varying heights through the forest canopy and the tour ends with a trip to a local waterfall.

January 2, 2014September 21, 2014 Paul and Claire

Happy New Year

Cruising

Sorry for the lack of posts. We have needed a lot of downtime to recover from the crossing. For the first 3 nights we would wake up every 3 hours ready for our watch! We have been staying in Rodney Bay marina waiting for our tender to be repaired which our retractable bow thruster sliced a hole in. Without a tender we are unable to go to anchor or leave the island. Just before Christmas we sailed with Duplicat for the first time on a catamaran then anchored in Rodney Bay and swam. Christmas Eve saw a devastating storm which

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