​The adventures of
Saecwen and her crew

Since arriving in the Caribbean in late November, Saecwen has been cruising through the southern Islands visiting Mustique, Bequia, the Tobago Cays, Carriacou and finally we have arrived in the beautiful island of Grenada.     We enjoyed Christmas with a lobster barbecue on the beach and some fantastic snorkelling in the Tobago Cays.  This tiny set of islands protected by a coral reef is home to turtles, rays, and encouragingly healthy-looking coral which provides a great bre

After 7 months on the move, visiting 17 islands in 7 countries and 7,500 sea miles under her keel, Saecwen has finally arrived in the Caribbean. Crew and ship now ready for a change of pace, starting with ‘Tobago time’.  Tobago is the smaller of the two islands that make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago in the southeastern corner of the eastern Caribbean island chain.   Unlike her larger sister island, Trinidad, which is a busy, hustling place currently under a self-decl

After exploring the offshore islands of Isles Salut, Saecwen’s next adventure in French Guiana was to enter the Maroni River, one of a number of major river systems on the north east coast of South America which proliferate between mighty deltas of the Amazon to the south and the Orinoco to the north. Kayaking up the Maroni river After a dawn landfall off the mouth of the Maroni, a strong tide took us all the way up to St Laurent de Maroni, 25 miles from the sea. This French