After our 6-night passage to Colombia from Grenada, followed by 2 nights of horror riding out a storm off Santa Marta and the another 2 nights of passage down the somewhat bleak coast of Colombia we were very much ready to ‘land.’ A welcome landfall (finally) Our nightfall arrival to Cartagena was nothing short of dramatic. Firstly, it was raining hard, so no moon to guide us in, secondly, we were met by blasts of 30+ knots of wind as we entered the typical acceleration zone

On 26 th  January Saecwen slipped her mooring off St George’s, Grenada heading due west. After a couple wonderful months in the islands of the Eastern Caribbean, it was time to head back out to sea. Sunset under the twin sails Conditions were near perfect for our departure. Around 15kns of wind from the east were forecast for the coming days and with such ideal trade wind conditions anticipated, as soon as we had cleared the wind shadow of Grenada’s mountains, we set our twin

On 26 th  January, with much sadness, Saecwen took her departure of the Eastern Caribbean island of Grenada. For the last four weeks this beautiful, welcoming island had provided us with a safe haven in a multitude of ways. Saecwen being hauled out for New Year's refit First and foremost, after over 7,000 miles of constant sailing since we left Lymington in May last year, the boat was in urgent need of a refit to prepare her for the next phase of our adventures. The last few