Welcome to gone.world. This is the home of sailing vessel Humpback and its crew: David, Charlotte, Arthur, Theo and Hector. We blog mostly about each place we visit and our passages between them. Sometimes, we also talk about other things like babies and children on board, boat-schooling and boat maintenance.
Cruising life and lockdown life are good bedfellows
In some ways living on a sailing boat full-time can be good preparation for restrictive ‘lockdown’ measures, as we have found during the start of this global pandemic.
‘Lockdown’ in Samaná, Dominican Republic
Why is SV Humpback staying in Dominican Republic for an extended period, and what is lockdown during COVID like for its crew? Part 1 of 3.
Samaná (again)
Might be here for a while …
Puerto do Bahia, Samaná
Stayed in a hotel to spend some time with uncle Gordon and auntie Sophie. Whale tour and waterfall. Like playing tourists :-).
BVIs to Dominican Republic
Beautiful sail, and best of all saw humpbacks on the way into Samana Bay! We all love night sailing.
Spanish Town
Anchored well off the reef. Playground and shop as well as wonderful places to visit, but we didn’t spend long here as a weather window opened up.
Philipsburg
Had the saildrive fixed (after waiting for a part). Excellent playground, nice anchorage, slightly awkward check-in.
Frigate Bay
Quiet bay when the cruise ships are not there. Short walk from the Atlantic coast, nice place.
off Christophe
Wonderfully muddy salt pond with innumerable birds and crabs. But, not much else to do for us here so we moved on.