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Beyond Hillsborough – Exploring Northern Carriacou
Carriacou holds a special place in my heart. As a child, I remember holidays with my family in Harvey Vale (Tyrell Bat for those afloat), in a small collection of guest house cottages that are now, coincidentally, my home and office. We spent most of our time on the...
A Taste of Crayfish Bay
Nestled in the coastal hills of Saint Mark is Crayfish Bay, 13 acres of coastal rainforest that is home to Grenada?s first and only single-farm certified organic tree to bar chocolate production. Built in the 1800?s, current owners Kim and Lylette Russell found the...
Pointe Baptiste Chocolate Factory
After a hike in the Syndicate Forest, my companions and I stopped at the IGA supermarket near the Ross medical school. I spied bars of chocolate wrapped in plastic with a decorative label: ?Pointe Baptiste Estate, Dark Chocolate 80%?. In small print at the bottom it...
Cruising to Codrington
Having sailed monohulls for most of my life, I find nothing scarier than shallow water. Sailing my newly built 42-foot cat, Ti Kanot, which has mini keels and draws 3 feet, has made anchorages possible that were completely unthinkable before. I cannot say I am relaxed...
Fighting Evil Keweevil
At various times I have had boats invaded by cockroaches, ants and rats, but none quite prepared me for the Week of the Weevils. It all started when Ben, a friend of mine who came sailing for the first time, lightheartedly complained that he had not had the pleasure...
PROA DAYS on Freedom’s Child
It was definitely a case of love at first sight, to see her was to be filled with desire. She lay alongside the yacht club jetty, casting bright yellow reflections on the calm water. She was the most outrageous looking racing machine I had ever seen. The main hull was...
The Traumerei Delivery (sailing without a rudder)
First published Caribbean Compass Oct. 2014 Losing a rudder and abandoning ship seems to have been a feature on several Facebook pages recently, the last one being a small yacht that landed in Union Island minus rudder and crew who had abandoned her after the...
The volcano that destroyed St. Pierre 1902
THE BEGINNING Many years ago, I was delighted to buy a second-hand copy of The Day the World Ended by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. In those days it was hard to find a good account in English of Mt Pelee's massive eruption on May 8th 1902 that destroyed the city...