When my dad came to visit and spend time on the boat in Grenada I took him on a day long tour of the island with Cutty (phone # 473-407-5153),…
One of the three ladies on my last charter was really looking forward to doing some fishing on the charter. I told her the best chance would be to troll…
I had an absolutely fantastic time in Trinidad & Tobago and I did not get to see everything I want to see in Trinidad, but I will have to come…
I have Mike Bayer with me for this episode of the Guiding Light podcast and we talking about cruising with kids. He and his wife have chosen to take a…
As I have written in the past, I left my boat in dry dock on the south coast of Grenada at Grenada Marina. Everything was fine and dandy, until I…
I have Greg and Susan talking about their first experience with blue water sailing, which they did with me as we sailed overnight from Trinidad to Grenada. They are very…
In this episode of The Cruising Life you will go offshore sailing with Capt Shane and his father as they sail Guiding Light from Grenada to Puerto Rico. The 430…
I hope you enjoyed reading about Steve and my adventures in Tobago over the last three weeks. From there we sailed to Trinidad and explored around there for several weeks…
The answer may surprise you. It is bamboo. Now I bet you are wondering why I am talking about bamboo, which is part of the Asian culture, when I have…
Many cruisers check in and hang out in Tyrrel Bay on the west coast of Carriacou at the south end of the Grenadines, but I prefer Hillsborough instead. Tyrrel Bay…
Today’s photo of the day is of my guest relaxing in the hammock at Phare Blue Marina, while their kids are off running around having fun. I wrote all about this…
Yesterday I showed you a picture of me on what looks like a sunken pirate ship mast. This post was placed off the beach of Phare Blue as a fun…
Haha. Nope, but today’s photo of the day is me jumping from a post a marina put up to look like the crows nest of a sunken pirate ship. Let…
If you are cruising around the southern shore of Grenada and you love playing music then you should check out Taffy’s Bar every Tuesday night. Taffy’s Bar is at the…
Yesterday I told you about the amazing trip I did to see leatherback turtles lay eggs. Did you read it? Well you should because it was an amazing adventure that…
The leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle and even the largest reptile in the world that is not a crocodile. These magnificent beasts can grow up to 7 feet…
Over the last week and a half I have been sharing different aspects of our island tour with Cutty. While we loved all of it the last thing we saw…
The last couple days we have been exploring the Three Rivers Rum factory in Grenada and I bet you are wondering what happens to all that sugar cane after the…
On Grenada you will find many rum factories, but the oldest is River Antoine Rum Factory. Not only is it the oldest rum distillery in Grenada, but one of the…
Check out all the sugar cane in the fore ground of today’s photo of the day. This is going up the conveyer belt and into a crusher (in the back…
Last Tuesday I told you how much I enjoyed taking a tour on Grenada with Cutty and Thursday I told you about our first stop at a chocolate factory. Well…
The reason I love today’s photo of the day so much is that this machete sharpener reminds me of my granddad’s farm. He had an ax sharpener similiar to this…
Before this year I had never seen a cocoa pod and was really fascinated with the whole process to get cocoa from the tree and turn it into chocolate. At…
Today’s photo of the day is from the Belmont Estate in northeast Grenada. Here you can see a huge rack of coco seeds drying in the sun. This is just…
When I got to Grenada I was greeting by some friends of mine that highly suggested several things to do. One of those things was to take a Cutty Tour….
Grenada has some very well know beaches, but it also has some fantastic unknown beaches. Today’s photo of the day is one of those unknown beaches. What do you think…
As we were walking back from Fort George, which I wrote about last Thursday, we found the Grenada National Museum. The museum is housed in a 1704 historic building that started off…
Did you get the pun from above? Because the photo is of cannons that shoot. haha 🙂 Yesterday I share the history of the fort overlooking the entrance to the…
Grenada was first settled by the French in 1649. In 1705 they built Fort George on the peninsula on the western part of St George’s harbor is Fort George. Now…
I loved writing about the underwater scupture garden in Grenada yesterday and I hope you enjoyed reading about it. In my opinion, it is the best site in Grenada and…