Category Archives: Venezuela

Almost alone in Las Tortuguillas

Slow morning. Got up gradually. Read. Did our bit on the Coconut Telegraph which is currently running Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Then we left our previous anchorage and headed west. We started with a reef in the main and gradually … Continue reading

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Addendum to yesterday’s blog

How can I have forgotten. I was up first in the morning and was waiting for the sun to rise when I noticed the back steps were being covered in little fish. We’ve seen this before. Small fish being chased … Continue reading

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Going West – Finally

I checked the chart plotter yesterday and discovered we’ve finally anchored somewhere to the west of our starting point. After nearly a year, for a couple of plan on circumnavigating to the west, this is finally a step in the … Continue reading

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Tortuga

Arrived safely. Everything put away. Place looks cool. We did see dolphin in the end. Caught no fish although line with ballyhoo was snapped or bitten. Hope it wasn’t the dolphin. More tomorrow. INSERT_MAP

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Margarita -> Tortuga

Early to bed and early to rise and we were off to Tortuga just after 3am. We motored out of the immediate anchorage but soon put up main and head sail and started sailing in the dark. The wind was … Continue reading

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