We left Martinique on February 20th to take advantage of the wind and had a beautiful sail north to Dominica. Wind on the beam, 12 to 18 knots, calm sea… Saltair sailed happily. Upon arrival in R ...
Dominica, a hiker’s paradise - part one
Saint Pierre, Martinique
We spent a couple days in Saint Pierre, Martinique before heading to Dominica. The history is really interesting and we wish we had a little more time to spend in the science museum before we had to h ...
Seven Sisters Hike - Grenada - written by Seth
The seven sisters waterfall is an iconic piece of Grenada. From the drive up the mountains to its wonderful spices and bathing it is definitely a must do. The drive to the seven sisters is alw ...
The Best Laid Plans
By now, those of you who have been following our tracker and our blog may have noticed that the 2024 World ARC departed Saint Lucia towards Panama in early January without us. We reluctantly decided ...
Atlantic Crossing Finish
We crossed the ARC finish line in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia at 7:10 am local time on December 7th, a few hours shy of 18 days after we started in Gran Canaria. We sailed 3177 nautical miles, roughly 37 ...
Christmas Mangos and Bats
This year's holiday season is very different for us. We spent so much energy on the crossing and getting the boat ready that somehow we were unprepared for Hanukkah starting on the night we finished o ...
Martique with Paul & Helene
Our dear friends from San Francisco, Paul, Helene, Eric and Sophie came to visit the week before Christmas and brought a big dose of cheer and Christmas spirit with them. Helene stashed lots of heartw ...
Invasion of the flying fish, pancakes and big rollers
Last night was the most rolly yet! Big swells from different directions and 20-22 knots with higher gusts of wind! The content of the boat was shifting back and forth creating a lot of noise! I padde ...
Smooth sailing….
Last couple days have been really good! I would say smooth sailing but the sea is quite confused and is quite rolly! Our route has taken us pretty South to stay in the wind and the extra miles have pa ...
1100 Miles from Anywhere
Adam here. Tonight I’m on the midnight to three watch. It is a beautifully starry night with an almost full moon punctuated by scattered trade wind clouds. The wind is a bit shifty and gusty though ...