Wrapping up a wonderful island hopping cruise today, from Grenada to St Lucia with all stops in between 🙌 Fresh lobster BBQ in #TobagoCays, exploring beautiful little #Bequia and sunset swims by St Lucia’s iconic #Pitons all add up to a pretty great week! Today we’ll finish up in Rodney Bay and start the prep to get #Panacea😘 race ready for our first event of the season: @mangobowlregatta next weekend! #learntosail #saileverywhere #learntorace #raceverything #seatoskystyle #islandhopping #caribbeansailing #grenadines #windwardislands #neverstopexploring #escapeartist #sailinglife #salona45

#ChathamBay on little Union Island was our first stop in the Grenadines this season, 4 months after Beryl stomped all over this gorgeous corner of the world. The bay is still here and still beautiful, but man what a difference a cat 4/5 hurricane makes 😢 The vegetation has clearly been brutalized, every proper sized tree is stripped and dead, the few palm trees left standing like toothpicks on the beach- and most of those are actually replanted rather than survivors. I’ve never been in here with fewer than maybe 40 other boats… this time it was us, 2 catamarans and one pirate-y vibes ketch. The beach bars are gone without a trace. The ‘resort’ is the only business left, hard at work on reconstruction of their 4 cottages and little beach restaurant. All their buildings were destroyed except for one room of the staff housing where the manager-couple is now based as they try to get things back up and running. As a side business in these tricky times, they offered customs clearance which we gratefully used! Chatham offered a tranquil stop after the bustle of Grenada… plus a perspective on just how fragile our human enterprise can be when nature takes a turn. #grenadines #caribbeansailing #sailinglife #posthurricane #hurricaneberyl #learntosail #saileverywhere #seatoskystyle #sailing #salona45 #Panacea😘

After some bonus hiccups to the start of the season, including engine starter battery failure at anchor, jump starting adventures, hand-bombing up the giant anchor and 50m of chain, discovering a failing water pump in the engine and spending extra quality time in the always-wonderful @portlouismarinaofficial to get ourselves sorted out… #Panacea😘 is casting off for her first cruise of the season. Grenada to St Lucia, via the beautiful Grenadines. This is a true adventure as we don’t know what awaits us in this island chain so recently devastated by Hurricane Beryl. Into the wide blue yonder we go, as kitted out and self-sufficient as we can get! #learntosail #saileverywhere #caribbeansailing #snowbirds #salona45 #seatoskystyle #sailing #sailinglife #grenada #grenadines #exploring #escapeartist

Another boat yard marathon of upgrades to #Panacea😘 is done! A litany of projects complete, all kinds of adventures in wiring, waterproofing, smoothing / speeding up and generally getting the big blue beauty ready for a great Caribbean season in the sweltering heat of Trinidad ✅✅✅ We’re a little late posting, as we launched Tuesday and sailed up to Grenada Wednesday, but working on catching up to current events. As per usual, it’s one for the memoirs!! #learntosail #saileverywhere #learntorace #raceeverything #seatoskystyle #caribbeansailing #sailinglife #haulout #diyboating #sailing #herewegoagain

Just one training course left on our BC schedule for this year 🤯 Our last #StartSailing session of the season runs in early November with just 3 spots left, bookable online 👆Last chance to dip your toes into sailing so you’re all set to fully launch by next spring! #sailingschool #learntosail #saileverywhere #optoutside #allseasonsailing #sailing #PauHana #hotfoot27

Early bird rates expire on Monday!!!! Lead the pack. Be part of an amazing team. Full send. Explore & enjoy an exquisite part of the world. Fill up that bucket from your List ✅✅✅ Join us this winter for nautical Caribbean adventures of all kinds: international racing, offshore experience builders, island hopping cruising… #Panacea😘 is ready for all of it! Full schedule online here: https://www.seatoskysailing.com/sailing-overseas

Winding down a spectacular summer sailing season in #beautifulbc September is pretty much the best month round here with decent breeze and empty anchorages 🙌. Just a few courses left on the BC training calendar (and a few spots left in some of them!), before we wrap things up here and head south to the sunny Caribbean 😎☀️ #learntosail #saileverywhere #bestcoast #ohthosesummernights #Paragon #xyacht #gulfislands #canadiansailing #ryatraining #competentcrew #dayskipper #sailing #seatoskystyle