Author Archives: Dave
Suriname
We are currently in Trinidad after a four day, 520 nm trip from Suriname. We checked in here, anchored out for a few days, then decided to come into the marina at Peake’s. We’re hauling out on Monday for a week or two. Right now we are enjoying a very reasonably priced marina with free electricity, … Continue reading
Our Last Night
Sadly, it’s our last night in Suriname. We have had a wonderful time here. We still have a couple of updates for Suriname, but we’ll have to get to that later. We are leaving on the AM tide and heading for Trinidad. We will be hauling out at Peak’s to do the bottom then hopping … Continue reading
Suriname
Trying a dangerous new font… We have been having a wonderful time in Suriname! We were anchored as far up the river as we could go and were visited by the Police this morning! They were quite agitated, thinking we were illegal and hiding out way up the river. Once we produced our passports and … Continue reading
Entering
The things we see… Entering a new country is always a concern for me, it’s full of unknowns. We were entering the Suriname River, the entrance is relatively shallow, the river is busy with commercial traffic, and we ran across this cargo ship. New Hunter, 600 feet, outbound, in the channel… Seemed like it wasn’t moving … Continue reading
To Suriname
There are some things you see out here that are truly remarkable and never get old. While sailing from Guyana to Suriname we were visited by a pod of dolphins. They stayed with us for only about 10 minutes, playing around and under the boat, disappearing and then chasing us down again. I wish I … Continue reading