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Oct 03
Florida – by Karin Joan
Many of you may already know that Florida is where Disney world is. Well, technically Orlando is where Disney world is. Anyway, we are anchored in Florida, at a place called Cocoa beach. We rented a car, and yeah we went to Disney world. There are four parks in Disney world: Epcot; Animal Kingdom; Magic …
Oct 03
Crossing to Florida – by the Mom
We left Fajardo knowing that we had to meet up with AmarSemFim at the mouth of San Juan harbour. They had patiently waited for us in San Juan all the while that we were at Fajardo, wanting to sail with us to Florida. However, it was only for the first few days that we managed …
May 31
Dominica Tourist Day – by Franci
In Dominica there is only one place for a cruising ship to dock. So either there is one or there isn’t, and it pretty much dominates the scene if it is there. Even if you somehow manage to miss the fact that there is no huge hulk cruise ship, you notice the lack of other …
May 21
Dominica – by Marike
Dominica We left Fort de France pretty early in the morning, (around 5:15) and put up all our sails to catch the 8 knots of wind. We had left a tiny bit earlier than the Yoshimas, so by the time they had caught up to us, (with their engine) we were all a little out …
May 21
On the Move – by Karin (the Mom)
Sailing yachts never stop moving. EVER. As I’m sitting here – while very securely anchored inside the San Juan harbour in Puerto Rico – Shang Du is gently rocking. It would have been nearly undetectable, if not for the ringer on our brass bell that is moving slightly to and fro. When the movement is …
May 09
Martinique
At the moment that I’m writing this, we have already spent two weeks in Dominica, and are just about ready to head over to Guadeloupe, so Martinique seems very far away. However, since we managed to spend 6 weeks there, I need to start writing something about our stay there! Our time in Martinique can …
Apr 11
Bequia and St. Vincent – Marike
The sail over to Bequia from Tobago Cays wasn’t that bad, but it did take most of the day. (We’re getting too used to all this convenient island hopping! ) When we arrived, I was blown away by the amount of sailing boats anchored in the bay. Here there was actually space for those really …
Mar 11
Windward Islands – Marike
Before I start this blog, I would just like to mention the fact that if you wish to view see the photos better, you can actually click on them, and they will enlarge to their full size on a new tab. I recently figured it out myself, so just in case anyone else was getting …
Nov 16
Grandma’s Stay – by Marike
This blog is going to be a summary of our Grandmother’s stay with us on the boat. (So, basically a summary of all the sights we saw during her visit, with some photos.) We were very chuffed that our grandmother was coming – hey, we get an aircon and a car! (We are still hiring …
Jul 18
1/2 June to 1/2 way July
Hi All =) Sorry it’s been so long since anything has happened here! My follow-up on Rio isn’t really going to happen – I’ll just tell you what happened since we left Rio =). Our last two or so weeks in Rio were a whirlwind of activity. A lot of last minute things had to …
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