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  • Woburn Bay on Grenada

    Woburn Bay on Grenada

    Now there are only three weeks left before it is time to fly home to Sweden. We have read that the airline that will take us from Grenada up to Martinique, is in crisis and very close to bankruptcy. But since it is owned by some Caribbean countries, there is hope that they will get…

  • Using PredictWind

    Using PredictWind

    We have had a standard subscription with PredictWind since we started our long-distance sailing. You need such a subscription to be able to download GRIB files via IridiumGo. You also get a tracking page and are allowed to download route suggestions. In this article, I write about how we used PredictWind and what we learned…

  • How we solved our internet access

    How we solved our internet access

    Connection to the internet was one of the things we wanted to work smoothly while we sail around the world. So before we left Sweden, I thought a bit about how we would have access to the internet while we live on the boat and sail from country to country, crossing an ocean or while…

  • Grenada quarantine

    Grenada quarantine

    The sailing down to Grenada from Sainte Anne on Martinique will take about 24 hours. According to the weather forecast for Thursday and Friday, we will get 15 knots of wind from the east, perfect for sailing with a course around 200 degrees. We pick up the anchor at seven in the morning and set…

  • AIS fault VSWR

    AIS fault VSWR

    Last night while sailing down to Martinique, an alarm came from the AIS: ”External fault on AIS unit: Antenna VSWR fault”It’s night and I’m alone on my watch and only have the possibility to check that the antennas are still there and that the cables are connected. There has been no alarm about missing GPS…