Articles tagged with 'safety'

I read in the Doyle island Guide about Dominica and how the southern end of the island had so much to offer in hikes, diving, snorkeling, etc. I spoke with our captain about stopping here first before moving to the north end of the island. He said the capital city of Roseau was considered a dangerous anchorage and we should pass it by for the safer anchorage to the north at Portmouth.

Note: As an update to this article, we did successfully return to Europe from Antigua directly to Horta, Azores and then onto the Mediterranean all by ourselves (OMG!) taking 15 days to the Azores and another 6 days onto the Estepona, Spain. The ARC Europe group left one day behind us and went all the way to Bermuda (to pick up some Americans sailing to Europe) and took over a...