Month: May 2014

When snorkelling off Nevis in the crystal clear waters do you need a fish identity chart to help you keep up with all of the wonderful species that lie below? Or do you take a trip down to your local rubbish tip and learn to identify as many old and broken household items as possible? I did decide to venture out for a snorkel what with the beach looking pretty and the waters clear as even at 25 feet of water you could see the seabed. I came across a wide variety of stuff; many plastic cups, a wine glass,

Well not really. (Aka Land of the Flies). Firstly there is the issue of arrival arrangements whereby a yacht of under 80 feet is supposed to tie up to a yellow quarantine buoy until customs is cleared. We arrived at night and after crawling along parallel to the coast we did in fact find a yellow buoy and made fast. That was beginner’s luck for in the light of day we could see that we happened to have picked up not only the one buoy in the bay but it also happened to be yellow! And we had missed the

So it is with Karl’s boat anchored behind a 76ft cat. Karl single handed his 25ft boat across the Atlantic and keeps catching up with us as we head north. He was great fun to meet but we first spotted him about 200 miles ago in the Iles des Saintes where he stood outdue to the seriously small dimensions of his rig. We finally met at St Kitts and had a good laugh about his adventures.