World Cruising News
by The Sail-World Team on 15 Feb 2007
Blackwattle heading for Netherland Antilles SW
Today our Sail-World Cruising Editor Nancy Knudsen is cruising. - she does that a lot.
SV Blackwattle has just left Playa Caldera, Tortuga on the Venezuelan coast and is now heading for Los Roques, an archipelago 90 nm north of Caracas.
From there Nancy and Ted will sail further east to Kralendjik, the capital of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles.
From there they will head, in due course, along the Columbian coast via Curacao, Aruba and on to Colon, Cristobal in Panama arriving in mid-March.
Our Editor will cruise back online on the weekend from Bonaire, but she has left us with an interesting mix of news for this week’s newsletter.
First up Nancy called by satellite phone to tell you about drugs and crime in the Caribbean. Worth listening too, for sure. See her photo essay from Trinidad.
Trevor Joyce from Mariner Boating has found a new cruising adventure in the Andaman Sea.
Helen Hopcroft has discovered an interesting new composite building design for Antarctica inspired by sailing construction.
Another Marten 49 Cruiser is destined for the UK reports Azzura Marine.
Sailaway IV, the Lagoon 500 bound for Cairns, continues to Canary Island.
Nancy tells us how to have a constant flow of fresh Banana’s.
Wow what a week!!
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