Moonbeam's Web Diary - Union Island

Union Island

Moonbeam

David and Lynn Wilkie

Fri 10 Feb 2012 16:35

12.36.176N 061.26.939W

A quick visit to Clifton on Union Island to visit Customs and Immigration then round to the beautiful Chatham Bay where Peter and Carol from “ Eight Bells” ( who had us to dinner at their house on Nevis ) came for dinner.

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Approaching Clifton Janti’s “Happy Island”

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Clifton

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Chatham Bay

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2016

Sep 2016

Sat 17 Sep 16:31
- Summer 2016

May 2016

Sun 8 May 17:50
- Our New Boat !

2015

Jul 2015

Wed 15 Jul 15:27
- Islay to Home
Tue 14 Jul 15:12
- Kilnaughton Bay
Mon 13 Jul 14:57
- Lough Swilly
- Tory Sound
Sun 12 Jul 14:44
- Arranmore
Thu 9 Jul 14:33
- Frenchport
Fri 3 Jul 14:15
- Dingle
Wed 1 Jul 16:52
- Valentia Island

Jun 2015

Sat 27 Jun 16:31
- Sneem
Fri 26 Jun 16:13
- Lawrence Cove
Wed 24 Jun 15:51
- Glengariff
Tue 23 Jun 15:38
- Crookhaven
Mon 22 Jun 14:58
- Sherkin to Schull Harbour
Sun 21 Jun 14:53
- Glandore to Sherkin Island
Fri 19 Jun 14:50
- Kinsale to Glandore
Thu 18 Jun 14:44
- Crosshaven to Kinsale
Wed 17 Jun 14:41
- Dunmore East to Crosshaven
Mon 15 Jun 14:29
- Kilmore Quay to Dunmore East
Sun 14 Jun 14:21
- Arklow to Kilmore Quay
Sat 13 Jun 14:12
- Howth to Arklow
Fri 12 Jun 13:58
- Ardglass to Howth
Thu 11 Jun 13:55
- Bangor to Ardglass
Wed 10 Jun 13:49
- Glenarm to Bangor
Tue 9 Jun 13:41
- Craighouse to Glenarm
Mon 8 Jun 14:40
- 2015 Cruise around Ireland

2014

Aug 2014

Sun 31 Aug 14:30
- Back to Loch Melfort

Jul 2014

Thu 31 Jul 14:27

Jun 2014

Fri 27 Jun 14:06
- Back to Loch Melfort
Tue 24 Jun 16:52
- Borrodale Islands- Tobermory
Mon 23 Jun 16:48
- Plockton
Sun 22 Jun 16:38
- Rona
Sat 21 Jun 16:35
- Lochinver to Badachro
Thu 19 Jun 16:31
- Loch Nedd to Lochinver
Tue 17 Jun 16:27
- Scalpay to Loch Nedd
Mon 16 Jun 16:24
- Scalpay
Sat 14 Jun 16:20
- Stornoway
Thu 12 Jun 16:16
- Loch Finsbay to Loch Mariveg- Lewis
Wed 11 Jun 16:11
- Ensay Sound of Harris to Loch Finsbay
Tue 10 Jun 16:08
- Loch Eport to Loch Maddy N.Uist
Sun 8 Jun 16:02
- Castlebay to Loch Eport
Thu 5 Jun 15:21
- Eriskay to Castlebay Barra
Tue 3 Jun 15:16
- Canna to Eriskay

May 2014

Sat 31 May 15:12
- Loch Melfort to Canna

Mar 2014

Mon 3 Mar 15:46
- La Gomera revisited

2013

Sep 2013

Mon 30 Sep 11:14
- Aug/Sept 2013

May 2013

Fri 31 May 19:23
- Home to Loch Melfort
Thu 30 May 19:19
- Glenarm
Tue 28 May 10:10
- Howth- Ardglass
Mon 27 May 06:32
- Land's End and North
Sun 26 May 09:05
- Land's End
- Lizard
Fri 24 May 17:29
- Salcombe
Wed 22 May 17:21
- Back in UK!
Thu 2 May 11:03
- Charlotte Amalie

Apr 2013

Sat 27 Apr 15:50
- Christmas Cove - St.James Island
Sun 21 Apr 22:52
- Maho Bay, St John
Wed 17 Apr 01:11
- Leinster Bay
Tue 16 Apr 01:07
- Lameshur Bay
Mon 15 Apr 12:05
- US Virgin Islands
Thu 11 Apr 10:30
- Road Town
Tue 9 Apr 18:29
- Norman Island
Sun 7 Apr 18:24
- Peter Island
Fri 5 Apr 18:23
- Little Jost Van Dyke
Thu 4 Apr 18:22
- Tortola- Cane Garden Bay
Wed 3 Apr 14:50
- Cooper Island
Mon 1 Apr 21:31
- Marina Cay

Mar 2013

Tue 26 Mar 14:04
- Anegada
Mon 18 Mar 16:18
- North Sound -Virgin Gorda
Thu 14 Mar 12:57
- Sint Maarten
Fri 8 Mar 01:30
- St.Barth's
Sat 2 Mar 15:14
- Boats!

Feb 2013

Tue 19 Feb 21:15
- Chillin' in the heat!
Tue 5 Feb 00:49
- Green Isle
Mon 4 Feb 02:03
- Antigua

Jan 2013

Fri 18 Jan 13:57
- Antigua
Thu 17 Jan 13:56
- Dominica
Sun 13 Jan 19:00
- Martinique
Wed 2 Jan 14:03
- St.Lucia

2012

Dec 2012

Thu 27 Dec 13:45
- Bequia Christmas
Tue 25 Dec 11:23
- Merry Christmas from Bequia
Thu 20 Dec 01:30
- Bequia
Sun 16 Dec 01:27
- Tobago Cays
Thu 13 Dec 01:26
- Mayreau
Wed 12 Dec 18:52
- Union Island- The Grenadines
Mon 10 Dec 18:41
- Carriacou
Fri 7 Dec 22:02
- Grenada
Sat 1 Dec 23:59
- About to leave "Trini" !

Nov 2012

Mon 26 Nov 00:08
- Back to Trinidad !

May 2012

Thu 31 May 14:13
- Birthday Party!
Sun 13 May 15:38
- A Taste of Trini
Fri 4 May 22:08
- Chaguaramas

Apr 2012

Sat 28 Apr 22:28
- Trinidad
Wed 18 Apr 23:55
- Grenada
Thu 5 Apr 15:04
- Grenada- UK- Grenada

Mar 2012

Mon 12 Mar 18:19
- Not Caribbean Weather
Sun 11 Mar 12:22
- Grenada

Feb 2012

Sat 25 Feb 12:40
- Hog Island
Tue 14 Feb 17:05
- Port Louis Grenada
Fri 10 Feb 16:35
- Union Island
Thu 9 Feb 15:23
- Mayreau to Tobago Cays
- Bequia
Thu 2 Feb 13:54
- Pigeon Island

Jan 2012

Sun 22 Jan 00:25
- Le Marin Martinique
Thu 19 Jan 19:44
- St Pierre
Tue 17 Jan 14:23
- Dominica
Thu 12 Jan 12:28
- Saintes
Sun 8 Jan 14:22
- Guadeloupe
Fri 6 Jan 13:54
- Nevis
Wed 4 Jan 14:49
- Tour of St.Kitts
Tue 3 Jan 14:46
- St.Kitts
Sun 1 Jan 18:51
- Happy New Year!

2011

Dec 2011

Tue 27 Dec 15:37
- Antigua again!
Sun 25 Dec 00:52
- Merry Christmas
Sun 18 Dec 15:20
- Antigua
Wed 7 Dec 12:36
- Great Bird Island
Mon 5 Dec 14:12
- Jolly Harbour
Thu 1 Dec 13:06
- Green Isle

Nov 2011

Fri 25 Nov 13:33
- Beaufort to Antigua
Tue 22 Nov 21:05
- English Harbour
Sun 20 Nov 14:07
- Boisterous!
Sat 19 Nov 11:36
- No weekend off here!
Thu 17 Nov 11:37
- Thursday
Wed 16 Nov 13:34
- Wednesday?
Mon 14 Nov 11:07
- Day 3
Sat 12 Nov 17:38
- At Sea!
Thu 10 Nov 02:18
- Beaufort
Sat 5 Nov 22:02
- Norfolk to Coinjock

Oct 2011

Fri 28 Oct 00:45
- Norfolk
Sun 23 Oct 20:02
- Snowbirds
Tue 18 Oct 20:23
- San Domingo Creek
Sun 9 Oct 00:53
- Socks!

Sep 2011

Tue 27 Sep 18:17
- Herrington Harbour
Sun 18 Sep 16:03
- C+D Canal
Thu 15 Sep 19:12
- Long Island Sound
Sat 10 Sep 17:44
- Stonington to Block Island
Tue 6 Sep 23:43
- Kickamuit River
Fri 2 Sep 19:14
- Martha's Vineyard

Aug 2011

Wed 31 Aug 19:34
- Reflections on Maine
- The Last Week
Mon 29 Aug 14:11
- After the storm
Sun 28 Aug 11:01
- Waiting
Fri 26 Aug 00:02
- Marblehead Again!
Tue 23 Aug 23:01
- Portland
Mon 22 Aug 23:33
- Muscongus Bay
Sat 13 Aug 19:58
- Rockland
Mon 8 Aug 21:09
- Dreich- then Sunshine!
Fri 5 Aug 12:15
- Deer Isle
Tue 2 Aug 12:12
- Brooklin

Jul 2011

Sun 31 Jul 21:28
- Blue Hill Harbour
Sat 30 Jul 20:57
- Pretty Marsh Harbour
Wed 27 Jul 01:24
- Roque Harbour
Mon 25 Jul 00:21
- Somes Sound Harbour
Sat 23 Jul 11:47
- Northeast Harbour
Thu 21 Jul 02:03
- Mount Desert Island
Wed 20 Jul 01:55
- Frenchboro
Tue 19 Jul 01:47
- Isle au Haut (pronounced "I'll a hoe")
Mon 18 Jul 01:23
- Pulpit Harbour
Sun 17 Jul 13:00
- Camden
Sat 16 Jul 12:51
- CCA Gam!
Fri 15 Jul 11:08
- Isle of Springs
Tue 12 Jul 21:27
- Boothbay
- Five Islands Harbour
Sun 10 Jul 02:04
- Snow Island
Sat 9 Jul 20:34
- Casco Bay - Maine
Tue 5 Jul 21:58
- Manchester and Marblehead again!
Sat 2 Jul 20:02
- Marblehead

Jun 2011

Wed 29 Jun 20:50
- Hadley Harbour
Sat 25 Jun 19:44
- Newport Rhode Island
Fri 24 Jun 00:49
- Wooden Boat Show
Wed 22 Jun 00:48
- Mystic
Mon 20 Jun 13:53
- Fishers Island
Sun 19 Jun 19:18
- Thimble Islands
Sat 18 Jun 19:17
- Port Jefferson
Thu 16 Jun 12:46
- Oyster Bay
Tue 14 Jun 19:21
- Port Washington via New York N.Y.
Mon 13 Jun 01:31
- Atlantic Highlands N.J.
Sat 11 Jun 01:30
- Cape May
Fri 10 Jun 22:08
- Sassafras River
Wed 8 Jun 11:39
- Annapolis
Tue 7 Jun 11:14
- Solomons
Mon 6 Jun 23:48
Fri 3 Jun 02:52

May 2011

Wed 25 May 11:42
- Wilmington
Wed 11 May 22:42
- Charlestown
Sat 7 May 18:13
- looking for the Gulf Stream
Thu 5 May 16:56
- Marsh Harbour

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 22:54
- Abacos
Fri 29 Apr 23:06
- Big Major's Spot
Fri 22 Apr 16:30
- Black Point- Great Guana Cay
Wed 20 Apr 13:07
- Georgetown
Sat 16 Apr 13:42
- Conception Island
- Rum Cay
Sun 10 Apr 15:01
- Provo
Thu 7 Apr 14:41
- On the way!
Mon 4 Apr 19:55
- Isla Palominos -- another day, another beach
Fri 1 Apr 14:40
- Puerto Rico

Mar 2011

Thu 31 Mar 14:12
- Culebra- Puerto Rico
Fri 25 Mar 12:33
- US Virgin Islands
Sun 20 Mar 15:38
- Virgin Gorda
Tue 15 Mar 18:15
- Sint Maarten---- Heathrow-on-Sea
Thu 10 Mar 20:10
- Carnival at St. Barth's
- St.Barth's
Tue 8 Mar 14:54
- Barbuda
Wed 2 Mar 02:04
- Jolly Harbour

Feb 2011

Sun 27 Feb 01:12
- Green Isle
Mon 21 Feb 02:34
- AYC Marina (Antigua Yacht Club)
- Antigua
Tue 15 Feb 18:39
- Guadeloupe
Sun 13 Feb 12:03
- The Saintes
Sat 12 Feb 12:02
- It rains in Paradise too!
Fri 4 Feb 21:13
- Another day in Paradise! part 2
- Another day in Paradise! part 1
Tue 1 Feb 02:06
- Dominica

Jan 2011

Sun 30 Jan 15:12
- St Pierre
Tue 25 Jan 21:23
- Grand Anse D'Arlet
Wed 19 Jan 01:06
- Martinique
Sat 15 Jan 02:06
- Rodney Bay
Wed 12 Jan 01:19
- 2953
Sat 8 Jan 15:19
- St.Lucia
Thu 6 Jan 02:49
- Tobago Cays to Union Island
- picture gallery
Tue 4 Jan 18:42
- Bequia at last
- Off cruising!

2010

Dec 2010

Fri 31 Dec 16:58
- Land Ho!!!
Thu 30 Dec 21:24
- Counting down
- Darwin must have been wrong
Tue 28 Dec 21:18
- Squally Squallly Night
Mon 27 Dec 21:05
- The day after yesterday
Sun 26 Dec 20:54
- Rollin, Rollin, Rollin !
Sat 25 Dec 17:12
- Christmas Day -- bah humbug!
Fri 24 Dec 16:29
- Christmas Eve
- Thursday 23rd December
Wed 22 Dec 17:32
- Sleep and Speed
Tue 21 Dec 19:04
- If it is not one thing!
Mon 20 Dec 19:21
- The Trades at Last!!
Sun 19 Dec 20:26
- Hyperactive(ish) Sunday
Sat 18 Dec 19:03
- Contrasts
Fri 17 Dec 17:27
- Land Ho!
Thu 16 Dec 17:51
- Decisions decisions
Wed 15 Dec 19:12
- Wednesday(?)
Tue 14 Dec 18:37
- half way to nowhere
Mon 13 Dec 17:55
- Day 2
Sun 12 Dec 12:40
- Mahi Mahi for supper!
Fri 10 Dec 15:30
- Merry Christmas
Thu 9 Dec 15:25
- just pictures
Wed 8 Dec 19:16
- Captain's Blog
Sat 4 Dec 12:21
- The crew arrives

Nov 2010

Fri 26 Nov 22:12
- Thanksgiving!
Mon 22 Nov 18:25
- Still La Gomera!
Sat 13 Nov 16:44
- La Gomera
Sun 7 Nov 10:42
- La Gomera
Mon 1 Nov 21:41
- San Miguel

Oct 2010

Fri 29 Oct 18:11
- Santa Cruz -Tenerife
Wed 27 Oct 18:40
- We remember how to sail !!
- Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Fri 22 Oct 14:59
- Fuerteventura
Thu 21 Oct 13:18
- test blog from Satellite phone
Sat 16 Oct 09:58
- A day at the Races
Sun 10 Oct 17:09
- High and Dry ( not as in alcohol! )
Mon 4 Oct 10:40
- Celebrations!

Sep 2010

Mon 27 Sep 16:43
- Puerto Calero
Sat 25 Sep 11:48
- Rubicon
Tue 21 Sep 20:16
- Graciosa
- Sod's Law
Sat 11 Sep 21:56
- Madeira
Tue 7 Sep 11:21
- Madeira
Mon 6 Sep 20:09
- Porto Santo
Wed 1 Sep 17:28
- Atlantic Island

Aug 2010

Wed 25 Aug 15:10
- Portimao
Mon 23 Aug 09:59
- Lagos
Thu 19 Aug 09:46
- Sines
- Portinho de Arrabida
Sat 14 Aug 19:26
- Cascais
- Peniche
- Coimbra
Fri 13 Aug 21:11
- Figueira de Foz
Mon 9 Aug 18:40
- Normal service resumed

Jul 2010

Fri 30 Jul 20:22
- Portugal
Thu 29 Jul 14:15
- Bayona
Tue 27 Jul 18:42
- Barra!
Sat 24 Jul 20:20
- A walk in the hills
Fri 23 Jul 15:26
- Ria de Arosa
Wed 21 Jul 08:25
- Cape Finisterre
- camarinas
Thu 15 Jul 20:18
- Day out with good company
- La Corunna
Mon 12 Jul 14:58
- Cedeira
Sun 11 Jul 19:24
- Espasante
- viveiro
Wed 7 Jul 17:27
- rolling down to Ribadeo
Tue 6 Jul 20:32
- Gijon
Sat 3 Jul 11:31
- Santander

Jun 2010

Wed 30 Jun 21:33
- punta del Pasaje
Tue 29 Jun 19:38
- Bilbao
Sat 26 Jun 20:29
- To Euskadi!
Wed 23 Jun 21:14
- Ile de Yeu
- le weekend
Mon 21 Jun 07:27
- Pornic
Fri 18 Jun 07:26
- La Turballe
Wed 16 Jun 08:16
Mon 14 Jun 15:22
- Morbihan
Thu 10 Jun 17:38
- Port Louis
Tue 8 Jun 12:19
- on holiday
Fri 4 Jun 08:50
- To France

May 2010

Sat 29 May 14:24
Tue 25 May 14:47
- Howth South
Thu 20 May 22:09
- Strangford to Howth
Mon 17 May 12:53
- away from home
Sun 16 May 22:20
- I thought we were going South!

Apr 2010

Thu 8 Apr 21:53
- 1st blog!

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