Sailing Merewether Archive – Page 2

This week we leave our unprotected secret anchorage to sail back to Union island in the Grenadines one of our favourite new spots. Having one of our close boat friends getting a sneaky head start we attempt a bit of a race to the next anchorage SUPPORT US...

This week we wake up after a bit of rolly night in a not so protected anchorage. We unfortunately can't go to shore on the private island that we anchored off, instead we find our own deserted patch of sand surrounded by reef and clear water not too far aw...

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This week we take on a mission to sail up wind to an island we've had our eye on for some time. Sailing into the strong 20 knot wind, we inch our way into a shallow bay and put down an anchor. With reef all around us we decide to put out a second anchor an...

This week we leave Bequia in the dust to sail over to St Vincent to resupply our home. Its a tough job sometimes getting to supermarkets on a sailboat so sit back relax and see our trip. Join our crew! We are looking for new crew to join in the future jo...

This week we find ourselves in Jurassic Park. We hire a car with our New Zealand friends SV Wave and hike up Saint Vincent's highest point, La Soufrière. The lush green jungle reminds us of the movie Jurassic Park, and Isabelle gives her best Raptor imita...

This week we discover our new island home St Vincent. While here we explore with our cruiser friends the much unknown jungle paradise of this foreign land. We also get a ride on a local business man's power boat reaching speeds on the water we never have b...

This week we sail from Bequia to our beloved Tobago Cays, where we reunite with our COVID family and meet some new friends along the way. Kieran thinks it's a good idea to test Isabelle's swimming abilities whilst sailing, maybe not the best captain's deci...

This week we jump on our friends Lagoon 42, our whole big convoy joins and we sail to the dream Island Mopion in The Grenadines. This was our first time sailing a Catamaran and lets face it, both Kieran and myself were pretty excited. Almost everyone from ...

This week we sail away from our lockdown home, St Vincent and the Grenadines to make our way North to Martinique. Choosing a very gloomy time to sail, we make our way through a Sahara dust cloud that is covering the whole Caribbean and leaving a not so cle...

This week we try to sail from Cumberland, St Vincent to Martinique, but we face some pretty harsh North East wind while trying to make the dangerous passage. It was completely unexpected and we ended up not making it all the way. We were taken by surprise ...

This week we arrive back to the best place to repair your vessel in the Caribbean Martinique. We meet up with our friends that we’ve made along the trip and start adventuring around the island. Discovering all the history around this little piece of Fran...

This week we seek shelter in the mangroves in Martinique after seeing a storm and possible hurricane that might hit the windward islands. Together with our friends we suss out a protected spot right in the mangroves. Isabelle climbs into the mangrove jungl...

For some extra content this week we do a boat tour on a lovely Hanse 63 Semi Custom yacht. This vessel is owned by a Canadian family and is simply unmistakeable. The yacht shows to have personality across the board. Andrew and Diane take you on a boat tour...

This week in Martinique we get all the jobs done on Merewether, from fixing the rigging to cushion and SUP board shopping. Kieran spends more time up the mast then on land and I stock up on organic vegan goodies for the future crossing. Safe to say we need...

This week we took the painful and slightly humiliating covid test, before we could set sail and head off to St Vincent and The Grenadines (again). We had spend a bit to long in La Marin and ware anxious to go sailing again. Isabelle however got really seas...

This week we get some really good news, we don't have the Covid virus and are therefore free to explore the Caribbean as we please (or almost). We sail from Blue Lagoon in St Vincent back to our beloved Grenadines. Kieran describes it as a bit of Groundhog...

For some mid-week extra content we film a boat tour on a beautiful Privilege 435, David the owner shows you around his vessel that he restored from a very worn down ex charter vessel to the magnificent boat it is today. Some unique features it processes is...

Progressing our way south along the windward islands of the Caribbean, we catch some fair winds boosting us around to see the beautiful private island of Mustique before arriving at a nice anchorage. Isabelle suffers from her arch nemesis the dreaded sea s...

This week we discover the extremes of rainy season in the Caribbean facing squall after squall. We find a very wealthy deserted marina town that should be the set of a horror movie haha. Getting hit with a 30 knot squall on anchor we drift very close to a ...

Finally with boarders being easier to cross we move into a fresh new coastline and country that has been just out of reach for the past six months, Sitting in St Vincent peering at these unattainable island sanctuaries has been the source of our frustratio...

This week we get to our very own private island, totally secluded, we have it all to ourselves, the sun shining, white sandy beach, crystal clear blue water and our home is just parked 30 meters away - if this is not paradise what is? But getting there was...

Bit of mid week content right here, we go through some of the questions our patrons put to us on life on the ocean. We talk about anchor anxiety, languages, and future plans. Please let us know if this content is what you want to see in the comments below....

Cruising down the Caribbean islands we finally make it the whole way south to the southern most island, Grenada. Making short work of the sail we stick down an anchor and make a move to test out our new Gopro on an underwater adventure through an underwate...

This week we visit Grenada's capital St Geroge's, with it's beautiful harbor, old fort and colourful people. We walk along the beautiful harbor full of fishing boats and historical buildings. Kieran narrates our visit to the fort as David Attenbrough (or t...

This week we pull Merewether out of the water for a much needed antifouling and general maintenance, with little to no experience we tackel the jobs ahead all by ourselves and safe to say we learn a lot throughout. With very long days, many mosquitos and t...

Another week on the hard sees us really over all the dirt, mosquitos, sun and boiling days, without that beautiful water to jump in off the back of our amazing home. We tackle the priming, painting and sea cocks to get Merewether ready to splash back in th...

This week we leave Grenada and our beloved windward islands, that's been our home for the last 10 months (!!), and we set sail for the five day long journey to Curacao. Hard to believe that we've been in the Caribbean for almost a year, but with all that h...

We continue our 5 day crossing from Grenada to Curacao. On our 3rd day right at the time when you start to wind down and the sun sets, our furling system breaks (again!). I have to hoist Kieran up the mast while the waves threw the boat all over the place....

We finally arrive in Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean, it feels like we are back in Europe only more colourful and a tiny bit warmer. We put the hook down in a secure inland waterway after our four and a half day crossing from Curacao. The cost gard were on to...

This week we explore Klein (little) Curacao, and what a gem we have rocked up to, a flat island with turquoise blue water, white sandy beaches with an old pink lighthouse in the middle. Kieran gets some amazing drone footage of the island (mind blown), and...

Checking into Curacao in Ep 55 we saw some of the city but felt we hadn't had the full experience. This week we return and spend some more time in the colourful part of Willemstad, called Punda. Kieran discovers a unique bridge that he hasn't seen before a...

This week we work on repairing our furling system that has been giving us trouble for some time. While up the mast Kieran finds a massive problem with our forestay. A very vital pin that holds up the forestay into the mast has worked its way loose. I (Isab...

This week we have a major loss, we lose one very important crew member, our Highfield 2.9 ultralight dinghy "Ralph". Whilst sailing to the northern point of Curacao, we suddenly see him missing on the back of Merewether. The panic and sheer frustration we ...

This week we say goodbye to Curacao, where we’ve lost a crew member, got reunited again and truly enjoyed the Dutch Caribbean colours. Exiting the country we stumbled across another fellow YouTuber; Sv Zingaro, whom Kieran has a good chat with. We’re f...

This week we continue our sail from Curacao to Santa Marta, Colombia, facing a ever breaking boat, our oven decides to stop swinging on the first day leaving us to cook in a dangerous manner. We have a close call with a cargo ship that has a very similar c...