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We did take a self guided island tour. We went to the Belmont Estate chocolate factory, ummm and visited the rain forest, beautiful. We also spent time at a place called Concord Falls. A beautiful little waterfall with a nice pool at the bottom. It…
September 15
Sound's likek you're having a wonderful time! Grenada on my list of places to see! Fair winds! Terri
September 2
Jim Jackson added a blog post
We have been in Grenada for month now and have had a chance to explore some of the bays that line the spurt coast. Each one has it's own personality and style. Some are very well protected and some are rolly. Some are handy to shopping and some are…
September 1
Hello from Grenada, We enjoyed the Gorda Sound on the north end of Virgin Gorda and of course for a day trip, the Baths at Virgin Gorda are a must experience. We also liked the Pitons at St. Lucia but the presence of many little brown jellyfish kept…
August 11
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Well, we are in Grenada and have been here for a week. Yee Haw it is great to know that we don't have to go anywhere for a while. We had some great sailing days down the islands and saw a lot of places that we want to visit after hurricane season pa…
August 10
Jim Jackson added a blog post
Well, we are in Grenada and have been here for a week. Yee Haw it is great to know that we don't have to go anywhere for a while. We had some great sailing days down the islands and saw a lot of places that we want to visit after hurricane season pa…
August 7
We are currently in St. Martin and headed for Grenada. It's great to be here especially after waiting in the DR for three weeks to cross the Mona Passage. Once we got to Ponce PR we had some great sailing to St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda and then a long…
June 25
Thanks for sharing your ocean passage in this great video. Your auto pilot experience reminds me that I will need to do a complete check of our auto pilot before we try any kind of an ocean crossing. A crew of three is clearly a must if hand steerin…
June 15

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Profile Type:
Sailor
Homeport:
Bigfork, MT
About Me:
Life long sailor just recently retired. Cruising aboard Blue Heaven a 2002 Hunter Passage 450. Writer, photographer, musician, journalist.
We are now aboard Blue Heaven and living the dream!
Our crew consists of me, wife and 1st mate Marlene, dog Tootsie and Cat Sam L.
Current location:
Sosoa, Dominican Republic
Destinations visited:
Florida, Bahamas, Florida, and now back to the Bahamas. Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic
Looking to:
Cruise throughout the Caribbean, spend the current Hurricane season in Grenada and then head back to the Virgins for the winter. From there we may head for the Med or the Panama canal.

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Spending time in Grenada

We have been in Grenada for over a month now and have had a chance to explore some of the bays that line the south coast. Each one has it's own personality and style. Some are very well protected and some are rolly. Some are handy to shopping and some are very isolated. If you are in the mood to get away from it all, you can find a place or if you like lots of action you can find that too. The people are very friendly and we feel very safe here. There was a burglary on a boat during Carnival but… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

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Grenada At Last

Well, we are in Grenada and have been here for a week. Yee Haw it is great to know that we don't have to go anywhere for a while. We had some great sailing days down the islands and saw a lot of places that we want to visit after hurricane season passes. Just heard on the cruisers net that the hurricane season has been downgraded again. Although we are now officially out of the box according to our insurance company, we still keep a close eye on the weather in case something develops. That's jus… Continue

Posted on August 7, 2009 at 3:56am —

Jim Jackson

In The Virgin Islands

Hello Everyone :o)
I can't believe that it has been so long since I added a post to this blog. We are in the Virgin Islands! Yes we crossed the Mona Passage and spent time in Puerto Rico and now we are at St. Thomas. It is great to have the Mona in our rear view mirror. Our last big passage will be from Virgin Gorda to St. Martin and then it is south to Grenada for the Summer and Fall. We are enjoying St. Thomas and we had a good time in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Our sail from Ponce to St. Thomas was… Continue

Posted on June 14, 2009 at 2:18pm —

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Provo to the Dominican Republic

We spent 10 days in the South Side Marina at Provo TCI enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Simon and Charlynn. We were waiting for a good weather window for the long trip to the Dominican Republic. Our wait paid off. Simon gave us waypoints for the trip from Provo to Ambergris Cay then through the reefs and off the Caicos Banks to Big Sand Cay and then from there to a waypoint on the north shore of the DR near Luperon. The motorsail to Ambergris was a little rough with choppy seas and winds 15… Continue

Posted on May 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

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Catching Up... Now in Provencalies

Ok, so a great deal of time has gone by since my last post. We have been on the move most of that time. We spent 20 days in George Town, Exumas where we finally got our dingy repaired using a bottle of sealant. That worked much better than the patches that were applied in Nassau. They started to come off and I used goop to stick them back on but they really didn't get the job done as there were many tiny holes due to chafing. The sealant works like the stuff in fixaflat and under the right circu… Continue

Posted on April 28, 2009 at 2:37pm —

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At 11:04am on March 18, 2009, Devin said…
You're in Georgetown, where to next and how long will you be in Georgetown?
At 10:22am on March 18, 2009, Devin said…
Are you guys still in Georgetown?
At 11:31am on March 10, 2009, Devin said…
Just got the Spot for your Georgetown location, tell Gary hello!
At 6:41pm on February 22, 2009, Harvey Levesque said…
Jim, I'm in Samana PR, on the South coast. I did roughly the same route you seem to be on (twice, 1st as crew for someone then on my own, Sea Bound) I hope to catch you on the way by. I've had my cat Smoky aboard since I left Boston and haven't had any trouble anywhere on your likely route. I did have to fork out extra in Luperon for the cat. I assume all their shots are up to date. I'd suggest having a half a dozen US $5.'s. for the upturned palms you'll find when you get to the DR. Georgetown, by now probably has 300 to 400 cruisers and is about as big a cruising community as you'll find anywhere. Also known as "Chicken Harbor" since most of those there now won't go any further than the Bahamas. OK by me, I don't much care for crowds anyways. Luperon will have about 1/10th of that, with a constant turnover of both north and south bound boats. After the isolation and poverty in Luperon Samana is a nice place to visit. Great bus service to the rest of the island, a much brighter place. Samana is the DR's vacation spot, with daily whale watch trips and usually a cruise ship anchored offshore. Transportations a snap there. Though I didn't get there theres a beautiful park across Samana bay (about 10 or 12 miles) everyone raved about.. Lookout for whales around the peninsula, I've seen anywhere from 2 to a half dozen on 5 of the 7 times I've been there. Anyways, have a great trip.
At 7:29am on February 17, 2009, Terri said…
Hi! Enjoyed reading your blog. Please keep us up to date with your travels. Terri
At 7:26pm on January 26, 2009, Daniel Graff said…
hi jim,hope you´re doing good,and you´re on the way to the bahamas.
i´m in brazil until the end of fabrery,hope i seeyou guys.
huggs.
*capt.DANIEL*
At 5:19pm on June 10, 2008, tony wall said…
Living the dream-happy sailing to you, Marcy and family!
 
 

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