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 […]

Picture this: New Year’s Eve; a balmy tropical night; barefoot at Vanessa’s beach restaurant; rum punch flowing; and fresh red snapper over the charcoals! Divine…just the way to welcome the new year. New year’s day spent soaking up the sun at Chatham Bay, one of the Windward Islands’ most idyllic […]