The plan is to leave Grenada the first week in November after our friend Dan's friend Manny brings us a much anticipated autopilot motor!! After hand steering the boat over 1500nm from Turks and Caicos, Manny is in for some serious loving when he gets here. So once our autopilot is installed we are going to head north with our friends Dan on Vagabond to Martinique. We will spend several days there procuring unnatural amounts of bread and cheese before setting our sails and heading west.
Vagabond and Nomads will sail west to the ABCs - a collection of Dutch islands encompassing the Westernmost point in the Caribbean. We're hoping to stop at Las Rocas enroute. The islands are a marine park and are part of Venezuela. Las Rocas are still considered safe despite the current political situation on mainland Venezuela. These islands look incredibly beautiful. They are a collection of reefs with incredible deserted beaches and great snorkelling. The other nice thing about stopping at Las Rocas is it breaks up the long sail a little. From Martinique to Bonaire is 460nm and will take our boat about 80hours - so breaking this up is most welcome.
After hanging out in Bonaire, Curacao, and Aruba we will head to Columbia and explore what we can. After this is onto Panama where Vagabond will go through the Panama canal and embark on the Pacific. Depending on what time of year we reach Panama, Nomads might head north to see some more of central America or we'll hang out in Panama before flying home in June for my brother's wedding!!
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