Author Kim Stephens
We enjoyed our time in Aruba but were very happy when a weather window opened up for us to make the passage to Panama. We have already booked flights to fly from Panama City to Atlanta to spend the holidays… Continue Reading →
We started our week continuing our time in Bonaire. Sunday was a day to work on some of the recommendations brought about by our rigging inspection. These included replacing our topping lift to the boom and two of our backstays,… Continue Reading →
We arrived in Bonaire one week ago yesterday and we honestly love it here! Bonaire is an island municipality of the Netherlands (like Saba that we also loved!) Bonaire lies off Venezuela’s coast in the southern Caribbean. It is part… Continue Reading →
We are successfully back in the water and at anchor – hurray! We had initially estimated that Meraviglia would be out of the water for two full weeks with a splash date to go back in on 10/3. Happily, Bob… Continue Reading →
We just returned from a wonderful week in the US with family celebrating my niece’s wedding 💗!!! It was our first trip back to the US in six months and definitely was a bit of a culture shock! Most recently,… Continue Reading →
We arrived in Grenada from Bequia on 8/18 and it felt like a HUGE accomplishment. For as long as we have been working and planning – the goal was to get to Grenada for hurricane season. Originally, we thought we… Continue Reading →
We arrived in Bequia on Friday, 8/9 after a blessedly uneventful overnight passage from Martinique. After spending 5 weeks in Martinique and enjoying it, I was a bit sad to be leaving but excited to continue towards Grenada. Prior to… Continue Reading →
After the excitement of being in the midst of the Tour de Yoles, we decided to head for something a bit quieter. When we initially sailed to Martinique we went first to the southernmost port of Le Marin as we… Continue Reading →
We started the week in Les Saintes, Guadeloupe. We enjoyed our time there but found a weather window to continue making our way south so we cleared out of Guadeloupe with customs and immigration on Monday anticipating a Tuesday departure. … Continue Reading →
We left English Harbor, Antigua on Thursday to head to country #13, Guadeloupe! We had a great sail- wind on the beam and cruising along averaging around 8 knots! We arrived around 1pm as it started to rain. We could… Continue Reading →