Fond Doux Plantation Soufrière

We entered this beautiful island of St. Lucia via the capital city of Castries for a tour of the island. The city is crowded with narrow streets and traffic driving on the left side. Like many Caribbean islands, this one was developed by the French in the 16th century and captured by the British in the 17th century as a center for trade in sugar...

St Lucia today and the end of the trip is approaching fast! Temperature 28C

It was really hot today and we had a little walk around Castries. Then we got a taxi and the driver took us on a short little trip around the area. He was really good. He took us to the yacht harbour and then to an old shanty town on the north of the island. Castries, Saint Lucia classybird

There was great excitement leavingh Rodney Bay yesterday. The 27 yachts leaving the marina were blowing their hooters, a steel band was playing, everyone waving and 'Good Luck' wishes being shouted in every direction.

A flotilla of motor boats, yachts and ribs filled the bay and then at 12:00 the starting gun. World ARC 2010-11 had star...

There was a seminar on the complete complete World Arc Rally yesterday and another one on emergencies at sea this morning, there will be no Ballycotton Lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!!

We will head first to the Dutch West Indies and visit Curaceo (spelling) and Aruba, then on to the San Blas Islands which are about 80 miles...

During Skipper Stephen Hyde's racing years the yacht name 'Lady A' was created with his wife Aileen in mind. The variation on this for his cruising Oyster 56 became 'A Lady'.

Moored at Rodney Bay marina, with the high peaks of St Lucia around her, on this sunny Monday morning in the tropics, 'A Lady' looks magnificent.

Lots to ...

Since my arrival last week to St Lucia there have been many parties and dinners to celebrate everyones arrival across the Alantic. It has been so nice to catch up with people that we had met over in Las Palmas and to hear about their trips.

Compared to some, we had it very easy with no major damage, illnesses or storms. The worst story ...

my, what an interesting few days... On Tuesday morning I headed down to St Lucia's capital, Castries. It was a very busy place, especially as two MASSIVE cruise ships had just pulled into port. The whole town was on cruise tourist overdrive, coming out of the woodwork to peddle their useless ****. I managed to get some good St Lucian bananas (th...

the last entry i touched on how i was fighting a losing battle against the mozzies in my room, the same day i bought a box of those green coils that burn slowly.. my lungs probably have a thin coat of toxic residue all over them as they were constantly burning in my small room but sure was worth it as i may have received only one or two more bit...

Hello Shipmates! Thought that now I've swapped continents and put Europe behind me for a while, it was time for another update, not even sure how long its been since the last, I forget, but it must be coming up for a couple of months, so one is certainly due. Now, where were we....? Oh yeah, last time you heard from me I was about to cross an oc...

In 1996 I was made redundant from a job I disliked (a feeling that would repeat itself throughout my working life) but we'd already made plans to have our first longhaul holiday so, as we'd already booked and paid for it, it was something to really look forward to. Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Sea was going to be the start of my love affair with...