We have made it to our final country of the sailing season. The trip here was pleasant enough and we are anchored off the beach lined southern shores of Cabo Tres Punta. Unfortunately, for the humans, it shallows well off shore so they will be getting their exercise kayaking me […]
Yearly archives: 2015
Well it is June now. The official start of Hurricane season. What it really is, is the start of the rainy season. Sea temperatures increase, more evaporation, more hot sweaty days and rain. www.nhc.noaa.gov/ What is means for sailors is a mixture of calm light wind periods mixed with periods […]
Sorry I had a ‘rant’ about the speed of development our here in the southern cays of Belize. Despite the building on land, there is still some lovely unspoilt snorkeling and diving to be had. The designation of areas close to the cays as Marine Parks has meant that marine […]
I have to admit our copy of the ‘Raucher’ cruising guide for Belize is out of date (2004), but the humans did pick up an electronic copy that is the most recent addition to back it up. The charts and positions have not changed, but the new addition has way […]
We have left the mainland for the tiny cays that rest on, or just in side, the barrier reef. Now that we have left the mainland we have lost our internet and I am sending you this up date as a text message through a SSB (single side band) radio. […]
We are anchored up in the little harbour made between the shoreline of the mainland peninsula terminating in the town of Placencia and an off shore cay. Information on check in Now that we have made it to the mainland of Belize officially we need to ‘check into’ the country. This […]