Category: Caribbean
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Follow Our Journey: Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot & Sierra – Day 14
Written by Bennett S. student on Sonsbeak Hey everyone! My name is Bennett, and this is my first year at Sail Caribbean. On July 8th, I got to do a media takeover and use our social media coordinator Zoe’s camera to give everyone a glimpse of a day at camp from my point of view.…
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Follow Our Journey: Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot & Sierra – Day 13
Written by Alex P., a student on Blue Buddha On July 7th, we awoke to the beautiful view of the Great Harbor. For breakfast, we had a spread of cereal, bagels, bacon, and orange slices. After breakfast, we left Great Harbor and sailed to The Bight at Norman Island while being…
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Follow Our Journey! Alpha & Tango Day 13
Written by Nora E., Social Media Coordinator As the sadness of the last day loomed, the captains and mates awoke at 5 am to motor the boats from Trellis Bay to the Baths. The Baths is a National Park on Virgin Gorda Island where we do a ‘hikel’ (combination…
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Follow Our Journey! Delta – Days 9, 10, & 11
Written by Lilly S., Social Media Team/Mate Hello from the Leeward Islands! We’ve had dodgy service the past few days, but have been to some awesome places and seen breathtaking sights since we last updated. We spent our last few moments in St. Barths going to beaches, snorkeling, shopping around and…
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Follow Our Journey! Alpha & Tango – Day 12
Written by Grace G., Captain Happy Challenge Day! Today, the kids are in charge of the boat. With Captains and Mates watching on, the crew is granted the opportunity to ask three questions as a group for the entire day. The crew aboard Malia is eager to take over…
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Follow Our Journey: Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot & Sierra – Day 12
Written by Janaye D., Marine biology/mate, and Bella H., divemaster/mate Today we woke up at Long Bay and ate Frosted Flakes, Cheerios, and bagels for breakfast. Some of our divers got picked up, and then we dropped the mooring ball to sail to Great Harbour. Underway, we reviewed downwind sailing and jibing. Once picking up…
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Follow Our Journey! Alpha & Tango – Day 11
Written by Margo D., Mate After a fun Fourth of July celebration at Blunder, the campers got some good “Zzz’s” and made pancakes to fuel up for Anegada. We sailed through calm waters, moored, and headed to shore. Campers hopped in the back of several trucks for an adventurous…
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Follow Our Journey: Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot & Sierra – Day 11
Written by Zoe F., social media coordinator/mate We slept till 7:30 am on July 5th and prepared a delicious pancake breakfast with berries. We organized the salon and refueled our water tanks before heading out to Long Bay on Beef Island. Campers hung out together on the helm during the sail,…
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Follow Our Journey: Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot & Sierra – Day 10
Happy Fourth of July!!! This morning, we woke up at the Bitter End to get ready for a super fun day! On Vesper, we started our morning with the Star Spangled Banner and continued into an America-themed playlist made by the amazing campers on Sonsbeek. EJ and Zoe came around on…
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Follow Our Journey! Alpha & Tango – Day 10
Written By Nora E., Social Media Coordinator Resting on the docks of Scrub Island, our campers arose with excitement as the staff boat played “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen over the radio. Happy Fourth of July! The campers had some time in the morning to walk around Scrub, get…