Aruba

Nasty Seas and Murphy’s Law – Aruba to San Blas Islands passage

Saturday 8 February 2014

Following on from our leisurely three week stay in Aruba it was time to set sail to the San Blas islands of Panama. The stretch of water we were to cross contains what are considered the fifth worst seas in the world and for many completing an around the world yacht cruise the worst seas…

Aruba, Aruba!!

Saturday 8 February 2014

Our 4 day trip from Grenada to Aruba was reasonably plain sailing as crossings go. It was our first long passage double-handed since we’d crossed from Gibraltar to Las Palmas. After our luxury crew of five for crossing the Atlantic we now had to do everything ourselves. Sailing wise, for downwind sailing the main challenge…