Happy New Year from Aruba!

We had a fairly rough 4 day sail from St. Lucia with the wind at 20 to 25 knots and very steep, swirlly, choppy seas. But we made good time averaging 6 knots and under sail the entire way.

Aruba is very tropical and the water is warm and clear. The locals really celebrate New Year and there have been fireworks every night. Tonight, the fireworks are suppose to be fantastic and will be let off right in front of our boat (maybe even a bit too close).

We are back at sea in a few days for a 6 day passage to Panama.

We wish you all a safe and blessed New Year!


Caribbean Sea sunrise.


The city and capital of Aruba, Oranjestad, is
very colorful. All the cruise ships come here.



And plenty of Igunas roaming around.

Ken wants to return this worldwide traveling

bucket to Olympia Supply as a momento.


Happy New Year!

Happy Ho Ho Ho, from the island of St. Lucia which we love. We decided to spend Christmas here and have made a reservation for Christmas dinner at a beachfront restaurant. We are promised turkey with all the trimmings.

The island is very green and tropical and the people are so sweet as you can see by these photos. Last night we attended an outdoor performance that included fire eating limbo dancers. Near the end of the show a dancer picked Ken out of the audience to eat fire. Which he did.

The day after Christmas we will be back on the Caribbean Sea for a 5 day sail to Aruba.

Holiday singers.


Tall ship entering the beautiful Marigot Bay.

Blind musicians singing a blend of country and island songs.

Santa and the kids.

The beautiful children of St. Lucia!

Marigot Bay.

The Island of St.Lucia.

Greetings and Happy Holidays from the Island of Barbados!

Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo, we have crossed the last ocean. Our planned 15 day crossing of the Atlantic Ocean turned out to be a 21 day passage due to light or no wind. Occasionally, we were blessed with some nice 15 to 20 knot NE winds which provided great sailing and helped with the mileage.

Other than some engine problems where we feared we would have no power for the entire journey (Ken the magnificent mechanic fixed it somehow) and our Genneker sail ripping in an unexpected squall, the trip was very pleasant.

We now plan to island hop through the Caribbean to Panama where the canal awaits our passage into the Pacific Ocean.

We sailed for days under the
genneker sail


And then, during the night the hailyard broke
and on another night the sail was completely
shredded in a sudden gale. Both times the sail
went into the water and we had to drag it out.


After we lost the genneker we rigged a spare
jib on a pole to windward. It worked quite well.


Land ho! after 21 days at sea, we saw Barbados


Happy to be across the Atlantic Ocean