Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua We entered Antigua at Mosquito Bay, outside Jolly Harbour, as our port of entry to check in. It was a beautiful big bay with pure white sand and you got a feel of the ‘picture postcard’ caribbean sailing along the coast. Check in was very formal here! We were asked for a list of […]
Dominica and Guadaloupe
Dominica Dominica is another ex-British colony and it fascinated us to see that the ex-British islands are run so very differently to their French owned neighbours! The geography of the islands is also so different, and whilst Martinique had many beaches and bays, Dominica is much more rocky with only a couple of viable moorings […]
Martinique
After leaving Saint Vincent and the Grenadines our next stop was Martinique. A word about the sailing We haven’t written much about the sailing between the islands as it was all very similar – a bit like being in the Solent but a lot warmer!! What we mean by that is it was windy and […]
Brittany coast and our first Islands
Foret Foret was another huge French marina with bicycles available for free hire, so we managed to explore the lovely area and stock up from the boucherie. We also spent a couple of nights chatting to our neighbours, another British couple Liz & Richard on a Moody Eclipse which is an interesting version with a […]
Around the Raz
We were still in Morgat watching the tides as our next trip was around another notorious headland – the Raz de Seine! Our journey around through the Raz du Seine It was recommended to only go round at slack water, as the tides could race quickly around there, but also in strange directions as they […]
Atlantic France – Brest and beyond
After the motoring journey “around the corner” we finally arrived in Atlantic France and the Rade de Brest on 25th June! Rade De Brest First impressions were it was like Poole harbour … but a little bit bigger!! We found a great anchorage called Posterman and ended up staying there for 4 nights – because […]
The work we did to upgrade Yanula Blue
We have mentioned that we wanted a project and knew the main big jobs that needed doing on Blue of Hamble, in order for her to be reborn as Yanula Blue … but we didn’t really anticipate the scale of what we would actually end up doing! I suppose it’s like any big refurbishment – […]