Caribbean

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Deathwish in the Caribbean

I was in Grenada in the southern Windward Islands, having sailed down from St Lucia in my 28-foot cutter “Pamela’. She was the finest yacht I ever owned – ...

Cops in the Caribbean - Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

In most western nations, the crooked policeman is invariably the exception rather than the rule. Unfortunately, however, during the many years for which I have lived in the Eastern ...

Surviving Hurricane Hugo Aboard a Yacht in the Caribbean

It was 13th September 1989 and I was in Curacao aboard my Hartley ketch “SOLILOQUY”. I had purchased her some 15 months before in Tortola from an Australian who ...

Drunken Pirates in the Caribbean

Down the North Shore Road is a narrow sliver of sand. I shifted up into second gear on my father’s motorcycle as the beach came into the view. ...

The Woman Who Knew Too Much - Caribbean Intrigue

“Many years ago, people used high-tech and filled me up with drugs to try and make me crazy. They said I knew too much about Tom’s activities and, one ...

Runaway Nazis on Caribbean Yachts

It has often been asserted that Paraguay is the last haven for that repugnant breed of Germans whose political inclinations and ignominious conduct during World War Two compelled them, in ...

Caribbean Travel Story - Rum shop in Santa Lucia

Mummy Lord’s was a two-story rum shop built on the roadside in the harbour area of town. Behind the old building with its rusty, corrugated roof, you could see the ...

Bill's Rat - Sailing with Rodents in the Caribbean

One Sunday afternoon in February, I was sitting in my office which overlooked the docks at Rodney Bay Marina. The sun was shining, there was barely a cloud in ...

Grenada War, Caribbean Job

It was early October and I was sitting alone, enjoying an evening beer in Pat’s Pub, when Geoffrey Smith-Talbot strode in through the main entrance. He looked efficient and purposeful ...

Monteserrat Yacht Story, Caribbean

It was early May 1990, and I was single-handing from Tortola to Venezuela, island-hopping as I worked my way south. After a few days in the Dutch island of ...

Caribbean Scam

Mr Lombardi was first introduced to me by my partner, Mike. At that time, our office consisted of a ship’s container with one end hacked off and a large ...

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