St. Eustatius (“Statia”) is a charming, diminutive tropical island lapped by the Atlantic on the east and the Caribbean on the west; equidistant between North and South America – a…
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I have met many people in the Caribbean that are from Statia, but they moved to some of the other Leeward Islands (St Martin, St Kitts, Etc) because it was…
Back in the begining of August I shared an article I wrote and submitted to several sailing magazines. Well turns out Multihull Sailor chose to publish it in thier fall…
[Shane – this week I broke up an article I wrote summarizing our cruise for some sailing magazines. The first part was on Sunday, the second part was on Tuesday, and…
[Shane – on Sunday I told you how I wrote an article and submitted it to some sailing magazines, but I was letting my readers read it first. This is…
[Shane – this is an article I wrote and submitted to several sailing magazines to see if they would be interested in publishing it. Of course, my readers do not…
Today is the last photo of Saba and I can not think of a cuddlier send off. I hope you have enjoyed reading about this amazingly perfect little island the…
It was the first thing we did and I loved it. Today’s photo of the day is looking down part of the staircase that all goods and people used to…
While I think Saba is a great destination and well worth a visit (or revisit), I would tell future guest to simply fly there from St Martin. Why? It is…
Yesterday I told you about the hike I did to the top of Mt Scenery on Saba. Well today I wanted to rest for a bit and simply show you…
Saba is a hiker’s paradise. There are trails all over this small, but steep and rugged island. Some of them even use to be the footpaths between the four different…
This week we are exploring Saba and today’s photo of the day is looking down in the town of Windwardside from one of the many mountains. I hope you come…
This week we are going to tell you about our time in the tiny inaccessible island of Saba. The island has just under 2000 residents in four towns around the…
Today’s photo of the day is of some sand dollars and a starfish I found while snorkeling the wharf and warehouse ruins at Statia. These are left overs from the…
This guy was scurrying along the trail and then scampered up a tree. I hope you enjoy his photo as today’s photo of the day. Check out yesterday’s blog to…
The Quill is a volcano that has been dormant for over 1600 years, but the awesome part is that it still has the crater and you can hike to the…
Today’s photo of the day is one of the trail signs I found while hiking to the top of The Quill on St Eustatius. Tomorrow I will tell you all…
Sunday I introduced you to St Eustatius and told you how it use to be THE port for goods in the 18th century. It was so busy the land at…
Today’s photo of the day is a wonderful picture of Melek playing with a turtle in the anchorage of Statia. To think last time she was a little scared of…
St Eustatius might be a sleepy little island off the beaten cruising track now, but in the 18th century it was the port to envy. Due to it being in…