SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

Fall is flashing past as we get ready to go back to the boat in early December.  One of my tasks is to figure out some new editting software that won’t use so much bandwidth!  This is my first test with MarsEdit; if anyone else uses it please let me know as I need some…

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We left Grenada around 2am to sail down to Trinidad. We expected to take roughly 12 hours for the passage and wanted to arrive with plenty of daylight; at the same time our route took us only 5 miles from Venezuela, and given reports of piracy we didn’t want to be doing that part of…

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We moved down to the main island of Grenada. After having been on small islands for about 2 months we had grown used to a slow pace and simple days, swimming every day, buying a few basic groceries from tiny local stores, and sipping beer (ok, rum punch!) with our feet in the sand. Grenada…

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We had ten days left before we needed to be anywhere in particular, and spent them meandering between some of the nearby islands. We didn’t go very far! We were curious to see Palm Island. The gorgeous strip of white sand beach, with pitched roofs of a luxury resort behind it, is visible from quite…

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Tobago Cays is a beautiful spot, with several small islands protected by Horseshoe Reef. The water is an amazing color. One of the islands is a turtle sanctuary, and there is a dinghy pass you can take out through the reef to excellent snorkeling. We knew we wanted to snorkel outside the reef but it…

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Sandwiched between two stays in Tobago Cays (more about that in another post), we visited Union Island and Mayreau. These two islands were devastated by Hurricane Beryl in 2024 and we weren’t sure what we’d find. First stop was Chatham Bay on the back side of Union Island. This is a favorite spot, which used…

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