On our sail from Isle del Saintes (Guadeloupe) to Bonaire, we had a several companions for a few fleeting minutes. Headed out for a dive tomorrow (11/17) in Curacao, will try to post some video. Be back soon!

Heres a clip of my dive in Bonaire, enjoy:

Current Location: Bonaire, Dutch West Indies

Hi everyone,
Just arrived in Bonaire this afternoon. Were currently docked at a marina near Kralendijk. The sail here was about 500 nm across most of the Caribbean Sea and was a little rougher than we expected. We had about 2-4 meter waves in a following sea the entire trip which made for quite a bit of sloshing around, but thanks to some steady breezes we were able to make the passage in a fair amount of time. We spend 2 days in Isle del Saintes before we left Guadeloupe, and I was able to rent a moped and take a tour of the small french territory. I posted some pictures of Isle del Saintes, and will try to put a few up of Bonaire when I get a chance. During the sail here, we hooked up on 2 fish, the first was a Barracuda or a Wahoo, something with some teeth because it shredded the line, and this morning we hooked what I believe was a White Marlin, but because we were sailing downwind, we couldnt stop the boat quick enough and we snapped the line. We saw it jump a few times and it was definitely a billfish, but the white marlin is a guess, could have been a small black or striped marlin. Hopefully we can get some better luck in our future fishing, since I've now lost 2 out of 10 of the lures I brought. Tomorrow will be spend exploring more of the island and taking a few pictures, perhaps a scuba dive, and getting ready for the short hop to Curacao. Will hopefully post again from Curacao
Cheers

Hi Guys,
Alright so this is the first post for the blog I've set up for the trip. For those of you who aren't too familiar with my trip, all of the basic info can be found here:

http://www.oystermarine.com/worldrally/

All of the boats in the rally are equipped with a GPS tracker. The boat I am on is Quester. We are a 56ft Schooner currently docked at the Nelson Dockyard in Antigua. We are leaving tomorrow January 6th for Guadeloupe. This is the first leg of our trip and we will spend a few days there before heading south to Les Saintes and working out the kinks for the 4 day sail to Bonaire. From there we will visit Aruba, Curacao, and Cartagena before making our way to the Canal. We will arrive in Panama in the beginning of February and wait for clearance from the Canal Authorities before making our way through.
The last 2 days we kept busy getting Quester ready to leave port, and we are pretty much all set. The 3 crew members for the entire trip are me, the owner Mike, and his wife Deb, but for the next 10 days we will have two friends Marie and Wayne with us enjoying some beautiful Caribbean sailing. This is just a quick first post to get the ball rolling, and since I am the bar I am sitting at requires you to be a customer to get online, I cant stop drinking until I sign off. So for the sake of my liver, this will be the end of my first post. I should be able to update soon, but in case I don't, I just wanted to give everyone the basic route. Check back for updates in a week or so.