Before we left Grenada a few months ago, we were singing the boatyard blues, hauling out to fix a few things and get some fresh bottom paint on Mary Christine.
Author: Jody - Where The Coconuts Grow
Jody lives compactly aboard a 47' sailboat with her husband Peter, little boy Brig, and a baby girl on the way! She traded in the corporate conundrum for a life less ordinary and is now island-hopping around the Caribbean. Between a quirky obsession with organizing, capturing pretty pictures, diving with turtles and burying her toes in the sand, she feeds a passion for writing by blogging about their adventures in search of surf, sun, sand and serenity Where The Coconuts Grow.
Tiny House Blog: Necesse
Last week I featured our good friends Genevieve and Eben in my latest post on Tiny House Blog giving a photo tour of their tiny floating home, Necesse.
Follow the link to see where they live —> http://tinyhouseblog.com/?p=35193
It’s always fun to meet other young cruisers like ourselves, but this family is so much more than just your average cruising family. Read more
Carriacou Round Two
After our mini vacation to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we checked out of the country at Union Island and sailed back South to Carriacou.
Our friends Mike and Rebecca on One Love were making the same passage so we snagged a few photos as they passed us.
Somewhere along the way, Peter decided to check the fishing lines. We had two out and there is usually Sargassum weed tangled around the lures. It seems to be everywhere between the Caribbean Islands, making trolling for fish a real chore.
Just as he was bringing in the cedar plug, he got a bite not more than 10 feet from the boat and the fish took off! I leaped up to slow the boat down and bring in the other line while Peter reeled his in. Just then, we both saw it jump. He had hooked a gorgeous Sailfish! Sailfish are “highly prized game fish, and are known for their incredible jumps and great speed. They can swim 100 m in 4.8 sec.” Read more
Petit St. Vincent
On the way to Petit St. Vincent, we passed by the tiny little sand covered island, Mopion. Just one lone umbrella stands on shore with clear warm water surrounding it. Charter boats usually anchor near by and dinghy in to take pictures.
Highly recommended by our friends, we stayed a night anchored off of Petit St. Vincent. Commonly referred to as PSV, this private island does not have many services available to cruisers. There’s a dock, Beach Restaurant, Goaty’s Bar and the Boutique that can be visited during the high season, but otherwise we are restricted to the beach. No wandering around off the main path past the signs is allowed. Spa treatments and cottage tours can be arranged by appointment only.
If you’d like to rent the entire island, it’s just $15,000 per night. No big deal.
Petit Tabac
Petit Tabac is a small, beautiful island on the outskirts of the Tobago Cays.
This little island happens to be where they filmed the scene from Pirates of the Caribbean where Captain Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth danced around the fire and drank rum before she set the whole stash ablaze. Read more
