JACE signing off – for now

I will keep this last post brief. Hard to believe the time has come to truly wrap up this trip and say goodbye to JACE and Grenada. The past days have been very busy – and hot. It is the dry season now but even by those standards hotter and dryer. So sweating and frequent…

The final leg to Grenada

I still have a few days before I need to be back in Grenada. So I stay longer on my favorite, Union Island, and head to the wonderful anchorage at Clifton Harbor. This is the anchorage protected by a big reef that is also a popular kitesurfing spot and where I took lessons back in…

My favorite island

After a day’s rest and with the autopilot repaired I push on south. I make one more stop in St. Lucia, back down at the two Pitons. With the wind being a bit more southerly than usual, the anchorage here is a somewhat rolly. But it is so nice here that I decide to stay…

Very different weather

Anika had repeatedly expressed her preference for lots of wind and clouds and rain over too much sun. And while that are more unusual conditions here, she got what she asked for. And fittingly, the day after her departure the weather flips back to sunny. More than sunny, there are big lows way north that…