Well, I’ve never let this happened before.  We’re here in Trinidad on Nancy Lu for our 2020 season, and I haven’t finished blogging for our 2019 season!  For the sake of continuity, I’ll just pick up where I left off last year… PART ONE:  HEADED NORTH, STILL… We continued heading north in the spring of … Continue reading APRIL 2019 TO JANUARY 2020: HEADED NORTH, SOUTH, TO TEXAS, AND BACK TO THE CARIBBEAN

I am utterly behind on chronicling the last two months of our sailing season on Nancy Lu—so behind that it’s OVER!  I’m sitting at my in-law’s kitchen table trying to get started with this  task, in Texas, just 4 days after flying home from Trinidad on May 30!  There really hasn’t been a dull moment … Continue reading STILL HEADED NORTH—MARTINIQUE TO SOUTHERN DOMINICA, March 29 through April 24

One of our favorite activities to do from Nancy Lu is SNORKELING!  I’m always trying to capture what I see under the sea with my camera.  I have varying levels of success.  In the past, I’ve used an Olympus Tough 4.  This year, I’m using an Olympus Tough 5.  Of course, I use the underwater … Continue reading COME SNORKEL WITH ME!—March and April, 2019

Bequia is always one of our favorite spots to spend a couple of weeks!  Port Elizabeth is just such a pretty little town— —PICTURE PERFECT, in fact!     Although, I am never quite satisfied with any of the pictures I take, which are meant to capture this charming town.    Each year, I’m attracted … Continue reading BEQUIA— March 19 through March 30, 2019

We arrived in Grenada on January 31 and began anticipating having guests aboard, getting shopping and laundry done, hair appointments scheduled and out of the way, and various other things done to get Nancy Lu ready to host guests.  We love to have people come experience the Caribbean from our sailboat-perspective, not to mention loving … Continue reading AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL—January 31, 2019 – March 19, 2019

Just a reminder:  I put the text under the pictures with which they correspond. We arrived in the autonomous island nation of Trinidad and Tobago on the night of January 30.  Our flight was a few hours late because, along with a prolonged lay-over in Miami, we were grounded in Puerto Rico due to the … Continue reading TRINIDAD—DECEMBER 30, 2018 THRU JANUARY 30, 2019

We started our sailing season late this year because of Mark’s new endeavor in acquiring rental properties and all that entails.  Our season will also be shorter than usual because of my commitment to work at Cedar Creek Bible Church’s annual Vacation Bible School (VBS)!  Partly due to the short season, we are not planning … Continue reading Been There, Done That—Not A Bad Thing—February 27-April 16, 2018

The event we’d been anticipating was upon us!  CLAIRE WAS COMING TO VISIT US IN GRENADA! First, we had a squally motor-sail from Carriacou to Grenada!  A captain’s life can be a wet life, at times! Once we got to Grenada, we had two days to get things ready for Claire.  Probably the most important … Continue reading LAST UPDATE OF SAILING SEASON 2017—June 8 to 28

First stop- Guadeloupe, May 6 to 9: I went snorkeling again in the anchorage off Malendure Beach.  Surprisingly, I didn’t see turtles the last time I was here, but I did this time!   See the turtle grazing on the ocean floor? It’s munching on grass. That’s our anchor chain. I see a tag on its … Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS HEADED SOUTH- May 6 to June 8 2017

Wow! We were in Antigua almost a month!  This island was as far north as we wanted to go this year.  The main attraction (for Captain Mark) was The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta and 50th Annual Antigua Race Week.  We ended up getting some boat work done there, as well…there’s always something.  We had what … Continue reading ANTIGUA—APRIL 11 TO MAY 6, 2017