February 09 - February 16, 2024; 12670 nm and 1793 days after departure from La Rochelle When we left the marina in the Dominican Republic (DR) we had to tack out of Samaná bay as the wind was right on our nose at the beginning of our 3 day trip. Though it took us a …
Some pics of the Puerto Bahia Marina in Samaná the entrance area of the marina Puerto Bahia Samaná the hotel in the back one of the restaurants the infinity pool at the sea side the view from upstairs one terrace the second pool at the first floor the entrance to the lobby Santo Domingo first …
January 21 - February 09, 2024; 12300 nm and 1786 days after departure from La Rochelle I was not keen on staying in a marina. Especially when thinking of a crappy one but for sure with our auto pilot issue it was easier and better than staying at anchor. Hell, I can't remember why I …
Arriving in DR entering the bay of Samaná passing the small island "Levantado" only half a mile from Puerto Santa Barbara (Samamá town) the bay of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara sitting in the Moto taxi to ride to another ATM, still a bit tired from our trip street vendors everywhere as well as small moto …
January 16 - January 21, 2024; 12300 nm and 1767 days after departure from La Rochelle What a detour! The direct trip to the DR from San Blas would have taken us about 750nm. The detour via Aruba, St. Martin, the Virgin Islands and PR took us 1750nm. Imagine that on land. That would be …
Continue reading Yeah! Dominican Republic, we finally made it!
First a few pics of Culebra the bay of Culebra from a little hill next to the town the bay on the other side of the town where the ferries approach the bay from the other (northeast) side D's garden and another incredible sunrise Iguanas were everywhere Isla de Vieques, Bahia de La Chiva Bahia …
January 02 - January 15, 2024; 12078 nm and 1761 days after departure from La Rochelle The weather gods kept their promises and let us fly on a beautiful first day of 2024 from St Croix to Culebra. (Culebra is an island, town and municipal of Puerto Rico (PR) and geographically part of the Spanish Virgin Islands. …
After checking in to the US we headed over to a little island, Great Saint James between St John and St Thomas. The bay had a nice name to suit the time of year: "Christmas Cove". Yet as cosy as it sounded we only spent a night and headed off to St Croix early next …
Virgin Gorda We checked in at Spanish Town and visited the National Park Bath Virgin Gorda viewed from the sea side, the hills didn't look like a fat virgin to me, maybe I need to have mens eyes😁 to get the picture approaching the south end and national park of Virgin Gorda the marina of …
The first days in Marigot arriving at St Martin and heading into a squall at the port office with the nice ladies post box for letters to Santa Clause my escort boys famous athletes from St Martin strolling around in Marigot trying to find the life raft chandler I just liked the garden Our trip with …
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