Sisyphus; a character in greek mythology who was doomed to the task of repeatedly rolling a boulder up a hill and watching it roll back down again. Having spent the night on anchor at our last destination in Los Roques it was time to weigh anchor and head to our next stop along the line, Aves. I like to stay at …
Island Hopping Los Roques (Sailing La Vagabonde) Ep. 27
Los Roques is an archipelago of 350 islands, cays and islets! We leave the main island and set off to explore some. We are running out of food quite quickly and spearing is forbidden in Los Roques, so we make a trip to the next island over Aves to stock up with some fish. The main island only receives food …
Los Roques Babyyy (Sailing La Vagabonde) Ep. 26
Because of the mix up with the time I had allocated for our Grenada to Los Roques crossing we were due to arrive at night time. We decided to try slow down a little and even found a reef that Elayna could free dive to waste a couple of hours. Elayna jumped in but was definitely a little hesitant as …
Hitting the High Seas, Venezuela Bound
VENEZUELA – I am actually writing this about 100 miles off the island of Los Roques, Venezuela. We left Trinidad and overnight sailed to Grenada to pick up a part before heading towards Venezuela on a 2-3 day sail. We were very rushed. It was the day that we would leave again, set sail and be free. I can’t remember the …
First Sail of the Season!
Finally the day had come for the relaunch of La Vagabonde! Our last minute jobs were finished, scrubbing the decks, re-stocking the pantry, cleaning the mould and Grenada Marina had finished their list of jobs for us too so we were more than ready to get back in the water. Unfortunately we had some engine troubles and our planned overnight sail …