Charlotteville…  Finally a place where we want to spend time!

Charlotteville… Finally a place where we want to spend time!

Charlotteville at sunset Friday 26 August, we arrive in Charlotteville Bay in the morning… A large, well-sheltered bay, Bordered by beaches and surrounded by green mountains. The village is at the end of the bay with its fisherman's boats facing the beach. A few boats are anchored, including a Catamaran with the French flag… Bernard…

Tobago….Scarborough – Store Bay – Mt Irvine – Plymouth – Castara- Englishman Bay

Tobago….Scarborough – Store Bay – Mt Irvine – Plymouth – Castara- Englishman Bay

Anchorage in Plymouth As soon as we arrive on the island of Tobago at Scarborough Harbour (South East of the island) We cannot escape the ritual of entry formalities at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs…. For once, everything is simple and 15 minutes we are in “rule”…. The City of Scarborough Is Loud, Cars in all…

Finally on the water!!!!!

Finally on the water!!!!!

It's a week late (The crane broke down on 28 Last June) that we were able to put the boat back in the water and since Monday 08 August we rediscover the lapping of the water on the hull…..  more pleasant feeling than the sound of drills, sanders of neighbouring boats…..  Finished the life of “building site”….!!!

Tobago & Trinidad

Tobago & Trinidad

Well no! We didn't sink! The winds pushed us to Trinidad. Arrival in Chaguaramas Bay on 11 May 2011 at 15:10 after 2000 miles and 15 days at sea (See details in the logbook). Trinidad is outside the area affected by cyclones and 2000 boats from…

Passage to Salvador

Passage to Salvador

09 April 2011 – We leave the anchorage of Gamboa around 7am, direction Salvador!!!! It rains ropes and until the middle of the day the grains follow one another. arrival in Itaparica around 5pm…. The stage in Itaparica is necessary….them 3 First days are devoted to filling up with water from the tanks and especially filling our…

Impromptu evening

Impromptu evening

  We leave Camamu Bay with the engine without a brown of wind. Suddenly the engine coughs and stops!  And Yes… It's the dry breakdown!!!  Yet we should have about thirty liters left – Surely a safety so as not to suck up dirt that may be at the bottom of the tank – good…

Fishing trip

Fishing trip

  A little further up towards the mouth of Camamu Bay…  Anchorage at the northern tip of the island of Germana. Hot Day, No wind, A dozen men are busy at the tip of the island in their canoes. We go ashore to take a closer look…