We hope you all had a good holiday season of 2018 and 2019 started well. Moonwave and her crew explored the windward islands. The cruise started in Martinique. We were positively surprised by Le Marin and were impressed by the number of boats, especially sailing boats at the docks and

After some time spent in the BVI and St. Martin / Sint Maarten – it was time to start discovering some of the southern islands of the Caribbean Arch. We had a great time in St. Martin and will be back soon for more sailing, diving and some work to be performed [yes, there is alw

The November Full-moon was just to spectacular to not be shared … a beautiful moon-set just at sun-rise ;-) Pictures taken at anchorage in the bay of Marigot [Saint Martin, FWI]   Lots of “Moon” & no “Wave” for Moonwave at the anchorage this spec

Moonwave has well arrived in the beautiful Caribbean islands. Find out more details about our trip from the US East Coast to BVI in the following article – Caribbean Landfall 2018. Now it is time to enjoy the islands, warm temperatures and beautiful clear waters… Here are

Beginning of November – the days were getting shorter and the temperatures were dropping, time to head south towards the islands of the Caribbeans. For Moonwave’s owner it’s a tradition to participate in the [ARC] Caribbean 1500 Rally from Virginia to Tortola, BVI.  He has

Moonwave Transatlantic Crossing – a bit of celestial navigation Moonwave is equipped with high tech electronics of the latest generation – B&G H5000 as well as MaxSea and Adrena on a laptop computer. And for sure there are a couple of backup GPS receivers and also apps

Moonwave’s second transatlantic crossing is in the books – the first time East to West. We had a good passage but next time if possible will stick to a normal “schedule” with departure from the Canary Islands between Nov to Feb. We left Lanzarote a bit “out of season” for transa

We had a “dream” sail from St. Martin to Bahamas – light wind conditions but perfect sailing. We left St. Martin with a laughing and a crying eye. We really loved our time in the Caribbean islands but we are looking forward to heading off to the Bahamas and New Engla

Round-up of a beautiful Caribbean season… Time is flying by and we have spent five awesome months in the Caribbean islands, the second half mostly between St. Martin, BVI and USVI. This was Moonwave’s first season in the Leeward Islands and she probably enjoyed it as much

Time has been flying by – some would say that’s the case if you have fun ;-) We arrived in the BVI & Caribbean for the first time in mid November after a successful participation in the Caribbean 1500 Rally. Since them we sailed quiet a bit in between the islands and w