by Judy Odenheimer | Apr 14, 2017 | Bahamas, islands, sailing, sites, Travel, update, weather
Update and some stats… We are tied up in Highborne Cay Marina, near the top of the Bahamas Exumas Islands chain, waiting for the latest front to pass so we can proceed north. Weather calls the shots, as usual. I was going through my daily journal to...
by Judy Odenheimer | Jan 27, 2017 | Port Antonio, sailing, Santiago de Cuba, Travel, update
And so, we bid adieu to Port Antonio, Jamaica… Goodbye to the goat studying us with amusement as we sweated our way up Naylor Hill just to see what we could see. Goodbye to the Musgrave Market ladies and their Siren song: “What can I...
by Judy Odenheimer | Nov 21, 2016 | Caribbean Sea, Jamaica, Port Antonio, Travel, update, weather
We arrived at Port Antonio’s Ocean Crest Guesthouse on Queen’s Street a little over a week ago. (The guesthouse, nestled atop Titchfield Hill, views Navy Island, East Bay, the Blue Mountains and the lower neighborhoods.) Our room was...
by Judy Odenheimer | Jun 27, 2016 | Jamaica, Kingston, sailing, Travel
Cetacean was supposed to stay at the Royal Jamaica Yacht Club (Kingston, Jamaica) for the 2016 hurricane season. But, upon our arrival at the Royal Jamaican Yacht Club there, we were told no longterm berth or land storage were available for our boat. While we were...
by Judy Odenheimer | Jun 11, 2016 | Caribbean Sea, Cartagena, Colombia, Jamaica, sailing
By Judy Odenheimer Sunday, 6/5/16…We left Cartagena’s Club Nautico marina around noon. Spent a long night with strong winds hitting 22 knots, but not into the 30s Chris Parker, our forecaster, had suggested. We lucked out with that because the higher the...
