December 24, 2008 Added chapter 11, Grenada and Christmas. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.NEW PHOTO GALLERY ADDED!!!
January 31, 2009 Happy New Year!!! Hi Everyone, my last newsletter stated that I had decorated the boat for a nice long stay for Christmas in Admiralty Bay, St. Lucia – no such luck. Click here to read more of chapter 12.
December 24, 2008 Added chapter 11, Grenada and Christmas. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
December 13, 2008 Added chapters 9 and 10...click here for chapter 9 and here for chapter 10.
November 11, 2008 Leaving for Los Testigos in a few days and then from there to Grenada. Find us on 
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August 26, 2008 New Bon Voyage and St. Maarten to Antigua photo albums added.
Take a look at the brand new photo gallery I added July 2008. Let me know what you think grant@royandmaggie.com.
July 20, 2008, Chapter Eight - Grenada to Venezuela Gypsy Blues, Mustang Sally and Sophisticated Lady all arrived within a few days of each other and we are anchored in Prickly Bay a large lagoon with clean water surrounded by marinas. The weather for the next few days will be squally with winds 30+ and waves 10-12 feet. A lot of boats are waiting here for a weather window to get to Venezuela – us amongst them. Read Chapter Eight...
June 18, 2008, Chapter Seven – Antigua and Onward Hi Everyone, I can’t believe it’s been so long again – I try to write monthly but somehow it always seems to be two months. It is April 11, 2008 and we have just arrived in Jolly Harbour, Antigua and boy is it buggy in here. Our friend Mary arrived on Saturday as guest of Juergen on Caledonia – just a bit of match-making on my part; let’s hope it takes. Read Chapter Seven - Antigua and Onward...
April 11, 2008, Chapter Six - Puerto Rico and Beyond Well it has been over two months since our last newsletter and a lot has happened in that time. In the last newsletter we were in Culebra and heading for Puerto Rico. This Chapter covers the trip to Puerto Rico, the return to the BVI’s via Culebra and the USVI’s, and the eastward to St. Martin/Sint Maarten, St Barts (St. Barthelemy), St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat and finally to Antigua where we are now. Read more about Chapter Six - Puerto Rico and Beyond...
January 30, 2008, Christmas was great – New Years was even better. We left Maho Bay in the USVI’s for New Years in the British Virgins – Trellis Bay. Apparently, that was the place to be, so we left extra early on Saturday to make sure we would get a mooring ball in this beautiful bay next to the airport on Tortola. Lee and Sharon on Allegro left earlier and said they would tie their dinghy to reserve a ball for us because the charter boats flock there at the best of times but on special occasions it’s like finding the last parking spot at the mall on Christmas Eve. No problems; we arrived early in the afternoon and the place started to fill up. On New Years Eve the scene was completely different...click here to read on.
January 27, 2008 After spending several weeks in the BVI's it is time to venture out and see new people and places. Our goal is to be in Puerto Rico some time in February and will be in a Marina while we tour and visit San Juan. We are currently in Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas USVI) and will be here until Thursday January 24 and then we leave for Culebra.
January 13, 2008 I received a phone call from my parents yesterday. Was so nice to hear their voices. Sounds like they are continuing to be more relaxed everyday, I think they've actually lost track of the date. They're heading for USVI this week and possibly Porto Rico. Hope they send some updated pictures that I can add to the new photo gallery that is almost ready. I hope to have it ready sometime next week. Happy New Year, stay tuned for more info.
December 31, 2007 to everyone. Hope you had a great Christmas and all is well. We spent Christmas in Maho Bay (USVI) with a whole bunch of other cruisers including Liquid Courage. We are now back in Trellis bay for the New Years Eve Party.
December 20, 2007 I want to take this opportunity to thank our incredible crew...read on.
November 16, 2007 Journey to BVI We have arrived in Tortola BVI after being at sea for 11 days and 19 hours...click here to ready on.
November 4, 2007 Departure from Blue Water Yachting Centre, Hampton VA to Village Cay Marina on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. Most of the fleet sailing in the Carib 1500 sailed today. Pictures can be found on the Carib 1500 website. Here is a picture of our GPS track on our way to BVI.
November 3, 2007 Grant and Monique fly to Norfolk and take a short taxi ride to Hampton.
October 17, 2007 Leaving Canada We had a lot of visitors while in Whitby – at one point 15 in the cockpit...click here to read on.
October 5, 2007 - Happy Thanksgiving. I added some some new photos to the Photo Gallery and have started the new website. I hope to complete it before Monique and I head down to Norfolk to meet up with Mom and Dad.
September 29, 2007 - I booked our flights to Norfolk!
September 23, 2007 - The time has arrived to push off and head south. Thanks to everyone for their warm wishes as they dropped in to say goodbye. Special thanks to Pam and Derek who flew all they way from England for a surprise visit orchestrated by the family. What a wonderful surprise. The next stop, Norfolk!
September 4, 2007 - We arrived at our final destination, Port Whitby Marina a 6:30 pm. Now to fixing, cleaning and reorganizing for the next leg of the trip.
Roy and I would to thank everyone who helped us in some many ways over the last few months. Our long suffering family, Mike and Marlene Paul and Denise, s/v Nimbus Maurice & Sue, s/v Stryder Rene & Cheryl. S/Y Gypsy Blues Alvin and Maureen, M/Y Permission Granted Leo and Mary, S/Y Fidusen II Bernise and Merv, M/Y Cool Time Rich and Pam, sv Galadriel Harley and Janice, s/v Blue Blazes And the wonderful staff at Bay Port Marina – absolutely the best marina in Ontario. We are now in Port Whitby Marina, Pier 8, Slip 13 until September 19 or so – if you are in the vicinity you are more than welcome to drop by – just give us a call to make sure we are here.
Monday September 3, 2007 - So here it gets crazy. We left early and decided that rather than go to another marina, we would tie up at the click here to read on...
August 21, 2007 - We have started our journey! Today is the day we start sailing towards Whitby, ON. We will be in Whitby for two weeks as we make final preparations before heading south. We are hoping to arrive in Whitby on September 1.
August 21, 2007 - We have started our journey! Today is the day we start sailing towards Whitby, ON. We will be in Whitby for two weeks as we make final preparations before heading south. We are hoping to arrive in Whitby on September 1.
May 19, 2007 - Site is up again!
May 10, 2007 - Finally moved to our new host provider www.hostpapa.ca . We will hopefully have the new site up and running within the next few weeks.
December 24, 2006 - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
October 21, 2006 - The boat is out of the water and another season is over. Time to start planning for next year as we prepare to head south in the fall of 2007.
August 7, 2006 - We're back! After several weeks spent trying to get the website running again, I've managed to correct the problems and upload the files. Let's hope this doesn't happen again.
On other news. I'm starting to redo the website with a fresh new flavour. If you have any suggestions, please email me at grant@royandmaggie.com.
Have a great summer sailing.
Grant