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Everyone wonders how hard is it to travel with pets on board. We are good people to ask, as we have two cats and a dog. Our cats, Clove and Turk are easy. They never leave the boat, so customs doesn’t bother with them. Niko is a different story.We got Niko when she was 2 […]

  The Picton Castle What a week we had in Jost Van Dyke, BVI. It actually all started in St Thomas, USVI. We anchored in Red Hook, which I would advise you not to do as various ferries travel from Red Hook to St. John about every 15 minutes, and they have no sympathy for […]

Flamenco Beach The locals say that Flamenco Beach is the second most beautiful beach in the world. This we gotta see. It had been raining nonstop for a week, so on the first nice day, we jumped at the chance to go. We dingied over to the ferry dock and flagged down a publico…this one […]

Another rainy day in Culebra, so Maria and i decided to take a trip over to the mainland, Fajardo, as we heard rumors of a West Marine and Walmart.  the only way to get there is by ferry, with very convenient times of 6:30am, 1pm and 5pm.  As we refuse to get up anytime before […]

Sand Sculputre in Ponce Fountain in Ponce  We left Ponce, PR about a week ago and had an overnight sail to Vieques in the Spanish Virgin Islands. The Spanish Virgins are still in Puerto Rico, so why they don’t call it the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands, I don’t know, but one thing I do […]

Tonight I find myself sitting on a plastic lawn chair with half of my butt cheek falling through in the open-air bar/cafeteria/banquet hall at the yacht and fishing club in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Enjoying a cold Medulla Light, the local beer, and a grilled jamon and queso (all for under $5, I must add for […]

Where to start… “Gringos Welcome” Sign Ahh, yes, the next day in Luperon. Well, from the looks of everyone and the moans and groans it was a great night out in Luperon. And I say this because my father, Harold, who hasn’t touched a drink in 30 something years was right beside the rest of […]

Well, here we are in Luperon, sitting at a bar/cafe called JR and getting the down low from a local named Manny, drinking a bottle of rum, all the coca-cola, ice and lime that you want for $6.   Life is good! Swimming Pigs at Staniel Cay   Here is a quick re-cap of our […]