Our Archive

Jo-Jo under sail Ten days to Christmas and the winter trades are here! We looked at the forecast, and we have one day to get to St Martin from Guadeloupe before the 20-30 kt winds and 10-12 foot seas kick in and are forecasted to last through at least Christmas. We were debating going to […]

As we continued our journey north, we stopped at Pigeon Island in Guadeloupe. The main attraction is the Cousteau Underwater Park. We did three dives here over the course of two days and all of them were fantastic. Rocks, cliffs, great coral and lots of fish made for beautiful dives! From Pigeon Island we traveled […]

We weren’t quite tired of the French islands, so our next stop was Les Saintes. On the way down, we were able to get a mooring ball for free, but they have started charging for them, and charging a lot! It would have been about 15 Euros a night for a boat our size, so […]

The next stop on party caravan north was Martinique. Our first port was Marin, which we had not been to on the way south early this year. The anchorage was a little tight and the water unswimable, but the town was cute and is a big yacht center so it has all the supplies one […]

What a whirl wind holiday season we have had! It all started back in Rodney Bay in St Lucia. We decided to meet up with our friends on s/v Solmate, s/v Sabaticus, s/v Ultra and s/v Zero to Cruising for Thanksgiving. All of these guys are about our age and tons of fun, so we […]

Ready to leave Grenada Our departure from Granada went great.  I set my internal alarm clock for 6 am and woke to a beautiful day with winds around 15 knots.  I gave Josh a nudge to get ready for getting underway – not the normal hours for a 19 year old, but he took it […]

The Muddy Trail  The Big One in the background  Maria’s 19 year old nephew, Josh has joined the good ship Jo-Jo for awhile to travel and experience life on the water before heading off to college. His flight landed at 9pm on Wednesday night, and little did he know that about 12 hours […]

Volleyball Okay, I’m going to be honest, before coming to Grenada, the thought of sitting in one place for three months with about 100 other boats at anchor in a crowded anchorage was not my idea of a good time.  I was actually dreading it.  However, after being here for over two months now, I’m […]

The Carenage from Fort George This will be my third time to Grenada and Cath’s second, but there is always something new to see.  We chatted with our friends Diane and Wade on s/v Joana, yet another Joana and yes, she is from Canada as well.  They said they had not done a land tour […]

   Happy Island Our next stop was just a jump away – it only took us about 30 min to make it to Union Island. We made our way around the reef and dropped anchor just outside the harbor channel, with only one boat next to us. We looked around, hoping that not too many […]