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Western Caribbean Cookbook

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Western Caribbean Cookbook and a bit of collective wisdom edited by Leanne Vogel What do you get when you mix a rally full of Ocean Cruising Club members, their boats and the waters of the Western Caribbean – well a cookbook of course! The “Western Caribbean Cookbook” was an idea fuelled from the caring and sharing nature of all the amazing people who participated in the Ocean Cruising Club 2018 / 2019 Suzie Too Rally. These are people who I have shared this adventure with, people from many nations sharing stories of travel, adventure, boat projects and from time to time swapping recipes. Everyone in this rally has made a contribution, whether it was assisting with the administration, organising a land tour, conducting yoga & noodling classes, sharing expertise, tools & knowledge or conducting the morning net. This book is my contribution. Our original plan was to head over to Europe on completion of the rally. But with all sailors’ plans – they c
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We found a piece of paradise

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Perigee in Paradise.  Two years, eight months and one day after moving onboard Perigee we found paradise! We moved onboard on February 16, 2017 in Le Marin, Martinique one of the Caribbean Islands and found our paradise on October 17, 2019 in the Raroia lagoon, one of the Tuomotu Islands of French Polynesia. We put 12, 548 nautical miles under the keel in that time and spent many hours preparing Perigee for this kind of remote area cruising. Raroia Atoll (Rah-row ee ah). We're the red arrow top right. The entrance is in the middle of the west side. Raroia is remote, being as it is pretty much in the middle of the Pacific Oceans. Altogether we sailed 33 days to get there from Panama. 30 days to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas and another 3 days to Raroia in the Tuomotus. That's Panama top right and Australia bottom left and Raroia in the middle. Actually we can't claim to have found this piece of paradise, it was already discovered by our friends on Cap
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Location: Raroia, French Polynesia
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30 days and 30 nights – Our Pacific Crossing – Panama – French Polynesia

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Paradise found Here are the notes that I took while on passage and a few photos to accompany them. Words in italics are edits that I’ve done after our arrival. Departure   Day – We leave Vista Mar Marina, Panama Lines off at 15:50 on Friday, 28 June 2019. Kris and David from Taipan and the lovely Leela’s, Janaki and Graham are there to throw our lines.   Bye guys, see in French Polynesia! We finish securing the deck while slowly motoring away from the Marina. Increase revs to 2000 rpm to make miles south away from the ITCZ ( Inter Tropical Convergence Zone ) and thunderstorm potential. Winds are light, 3-5 knots from the southwest. Seas are kind. We motor through the Gulf of Panama tracking slightly east of south. Some rain. New England clam chowder and fresh baked bread for dinner. No stars, no moon. Day 1 More motor sailing south. Seas are kind. We keep to our watch schedule. Leanne 20:00 – 02:00 Dave 02:00 – 08:00 Leanne 08:00 – 11:00 Dave
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