Yesterday found us travelling by bus and canoe to the remote Embera Indian village to mingle with traditional communities. Such mixed feelings!! Felt like invaders and voyeurs but by all accounts they have accepted this compromise. The magic of the US$ that accompanies the tourists is the life force behind […]

Helloooo! Made it to the San Blas Islands off coast of Panama. Have been without internet for best part of a week and now feasting. It is however Paradise 1.01 . Super cute islands and fabulous crew Prue and Michael Williams relaxing into their familiar roles. Mike tries to lure […]

Jetsetting new crew Mike and Prue arrive and no surprises, have managed to up our tempo while we wait it out in Santa Marta, Colombia for a weather window. We’re heading to Panama’s San Blas islands manyana, but the winds are blowing 35+ knots even in the marina. It’s a […]

Can you ever truly be ready to sail half way around the world?  The start of the World ARC rally is always going to be something of an event, and this year didn’t disappoint.  The last few days are crammed with seminars to frighten, skipper’s briefings to confuse, farewell parties […]

 4 Jan 2019 – Port Elisabeth, Bequia to Marigot Bay, St Lucia Hope you don’t read this Chris Warrell, if you are reading, please stop now – we hit the high seas and you might chunder! We left Bequia at 3am, so much of the hard core sailing (63 nautical […]