"LUNGTA'S" WEB SITE

Lungta's voyage from England to the USA via the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Venezuela, the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), Haiti,
 Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, & Cuba. 
"Lungta" entered the  USA at Key West and is currently in Green Cove Springs
 on the St. John's River on the east coast of Florida just south of the Georgia border.

"Lungta" in the Macareo River, Venezuela

If you have already visited these pages, maybe you might like to go directly to:
Our Trip to Cuba in March 2003
The Double Headed Shot Cays
Our Bahamas Trip In April 2002

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We left Gloucester Docks (in the west of England, not New England!) on April 19th 1995 in our Salar 40 "Lungta" bound for the Mediterranean.   We sailed via the Scilly Isles, Guernsey in the  Channel Islands, then on to France, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.

We spent three years in the Med. and visited most countries bordering its coasts, from Gibraltar to Turkey and back, spending two winters in Palma de Mallorca. 

We left Gibraltar in September 1999 bound for the Canary Isles where we spent a month or so exploring most of the islands.  In December  we left Puerto Mogan on Gran Canaria heading for Barbados.  We had friends ahead and astern of us and kept in touch by ssb radio.

After twenty three days at sea we arrived in Carlisle Bay, Barbados on December 24th 1999.  We had a great welcome from friends already there and had a splendid Christmas and New Year.  We even enjoyed being dunked in the surf when landing the dinghy on the beach.  Barbados was a great introduction to tropical living - friendly people, a great fruit and veg. market and excellent local beer and Mount Gay rum.  What more could a yachtie want?  Click here to read more

A big thank you is due here to Bill, G4FRN who runs the UK Maritime Mobile Net on 14,303 kHz, and Trudy, 8P6QM who is Net Control of the Atlantic Net on 21,400 kHz.  Also amongst the twenty or so yachts that crossed with us (which we called the "NARC", i.e. the NON Atlantic Race for Cruisers) was Jim Corenman KE6RK, the inventor of the Airmail program for emailing via amateur radio.  He gave us daily weather forecasts on our way across.  Click here for Amateur Radio links

From Barbados we had an easy overnight sail to St. Lucia, and then South down the island chain, stopping off in the Grenadines and Grenada and on to Trinidad, where, like a lot of other people on boats, we lingered for some months.  It is a difficult place to leave!

Trinidad & Tobago 

Our Trip up the Macareo River, Venezuela  

Downwind from Trinidad

From Trinidad we visited Venezuela and its offshore islands, then on to the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao).  Christmas 2000 was spent at anchor in Spanish Water, Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. 

After Curacao

From Curacao we sailed to Haiti, then on to the north coast of  Jamaica, visiting Port Antonio, Ocho Rios and Montego Bay, the Cayman Islands and Cuba.  

We entered the United States at Key West and spent hurricane season up the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers on the west coast of Florida. The winter of 1999-2000 we spent in the Bahamas, visiting the Berry Islands, Nassau, and the Exumas. "Lungta" is currently based in Green Cove Springs on the St. John's River, about 20 miles from downtown Jacksonville, Florida.  

Torpedo

Torpedo was rescued in Spain, when a very small kitten.  She and her mother were living in a cardboard box  in the boatyard in Almerimar.  She is all white with blue eyes. Today, nine years later, she is a happy and very spoilt cat.