The Catamaran Adventures of Noel and Ceu

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Current Location: Lajes, Flores, AzoresCurrent Position: 39 22.74 N 031 10.17 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 1673 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereOnce again the wind disappeared, so for the last 24 hours we motored the rest of the way, very slowly, so as to arrive (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Providenciales, Turks & CaicoCurrent Position: 21 44.5 N 072 17.41 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 463 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAnother beautiful day! The sun is shining, the wind is light, and we are ambling along at about 5.5 kts average. Overnight we (Click to Read More...)
So, here we are, 50 miles from the nearest land, and I just saw a whale! Cool. Though unfortunately it didn’t make a reappearance, so Ceu missed it. I hope there will be others! Yesterday at 7am we departed St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands some 470 (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: DominicaCurrent Position: 15 17.68 N 061 23.23 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 59 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereLeft Martinique around 10am and arrived Dominica at 4pm. It was a really nice sail with winds up to 20knots. Anchored in Roseau near the cruise (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Prickly Bay, GrenadaCurrent Position: 11 59.93 N 061 45.67 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: [Video:Baking Bread On Board] [Video:Giant Lobster] What’s life really like on board? Well, pretty much like at home, I guess… Today Ceu baked some multi-grain bread, and bought a giant 5lb lobster from a passing fisherman. The only problem was that it was way too big for our pot. So we had to do it in two parts – first the head, then the tail. But it tasted Oh! So GOOD with garlic butter and fresh bread. After that we had a couple from Victoria, BC visit, along with their 4 year old daughter, come over for drinks. They were about to depart for St. Georges and then ports north, while we were headed off to St. David’s harbour. And so to bed. Another day in paradise.
Current Location: St. George's, GrenadaCurrent Position: 12 2.52 N 061 45.34 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: [Video:Arriving in Grenada!] Well, we finally made it! We had a peaceful 24 hour sail from Martinique to Grenada, past St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Steady trade winds (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Fort de France, MartiniqueCurrent Position: 14 36.04 N 061 4.21 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: [Video:Leaving Gaudeloupe for St. Vincent] We stayed in St. Martin a few days to get some rivets sorted out at the front end of the boom, and the, with (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Simpson's Bay, St. MartinCurrent Position: 18 1.91 N 063 5.71 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: [Video:Sailing at Night] Conditions couldn’t have been more perfect! The wind was in the right direction, so we sailed close hauled the entire way, and needed only one 2 (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Virgin Gorda, BVICurrent Position: 18 29.54 N 064 21.45 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 16 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereHere is a 4 minute video after our first full week on board: [Video:First Week Onboard] Sorry about the wind noise, will try to do better next time!