S/V Morning Light

The plan is now to leave Sunday morning for Oranjestad, Aruba.  Did some shopping yesterday and have a few more things left today (including pulling up along the dock to fill up the water tanks).  Already have cleared with immigration, still need to get a visit from customs.
The distance to Aruba is 500 miles, but […]

This is a post from a few days ago, written when I was traveling between Montego Bay and Port Antonio.  Right now, I am struggling with my external hard-disk, it is really tempting to just use all the computers on board as an anchor.
Saturday morning I left the protection of Montego Bay to make my […]

Arrived in Port Antonio this morning at 2:00.  Picked up a mooring buoy and slept in this morning.  It was a pretty long run from Ocho Rios yesterday, tacking into the wind (which was 20-25 knots at times) for 40 miles.  When I finally started to get closer (about 8 miles out) the wind died […]

It has been wet again. Did manage to go to the store this morning without getting wet. Went to the supermarket and stocked up on pasta, rice, cereal and canned foods. This should be enough for a few weeks. That way I will only have to do minor grocery shopping in […]

Just a bit about the blog and the use of comments: initially I had the site configured so that comments without any URL’s in it would be posted on the blog immediately. This meant that if anyone would post a message with a link in it, it would be kept on hold until […]