After our trip in the Bahamas we got to have a few hours of rest and relaxation, before heading off to Ft Lauderdale. Vix tried wakeboarding for the first time, got up straight away, and did pretty well as you can see.

The crew swam, dove and Vix jumped off the top of the boat (about 45 feet to the water!).

We also got to have a go on the jetski’s and enjoy the beautiful weather wich was finally co-operating.

After the Bahamas we are heading to Ft Lauderdale for a few weeks to get some work done and prepare for the winter season.

We will be heading to the Caribbean sometime before Christmas, to get ready for a charter over the new year.

The bad weather continues in the Bahamas at the moment.

It is blowing around 30 knots (35mph) today so we have decided to stay here in the Atlantis marina for another day or two until the frontal system moves through. It does mean we can spend a little more time at the amazing aquarium they have here at the resort.

After our crossing from Europe we are now settled in Nassau, Bahamas.

The crossing went very smoothly overall. The weather for the last couple of days was a little rough but nothing could dampen the excitement of arriving after two weeks at sea.

For the last week we have been tied up at the Atlantis marina (see above) getting the boat ready for a trip down through the Bahamas next week. The weather is still a little wet and stormy but should clear up soon.

After the Bahamas we are heading over to Ft Lauderdale, where it is always good to catch up with friends and enjoy some sushi.

After 12 days at sea we are now around 1 day out from the Bahamas. It has been a good crossing to date with the highlight being on my birthday when conditions were so calm that, as you can see in this picture, the sea was literally like glass.

Of course Murphy’s Law means that the last 24 hours look as though they might be a little rough, but I think everyone is just looking forward to getting to dry land again so we’ll just steam on through.
I’ll try and get some more photo’s posted once we are settled in Nassau.

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, we have been racing around finishing off the summer season and preparing to cross the Atlantic.
We are leaving Gibraltar today to cross to the Bahamas so will be a little out of touch, but we will be in Florida for a quick visit in November and I will try to get some more photo’s posted by then.

Our time in Venice turned out to be a wonderful few days. We were able to tour the canals by boat, and ate at some wonderful restaurants. Unfortunately we had to head off all too soon to pick up another charter in Syracuse, Sicily.

After that charter we have been cruising the Amalfi coast and Sardinia with guests, though Vix and I were lucky enough to get to fly to Zurich with the owner of Dream in his private jet which was an amazing experience. At the moment we are in Corsica with one charter left this season. Everyone is looking forward to a day or two off as it has been a busy summer (the last day off we had was in June), and then we'll be heading across the Atlantic to the Bahamas and Florida.

After a week of cruising through the Croatian Islands we are now in Venice. Croatia was beautiful, far too much to see in a weeks whistle-stop tour, so hopefully we'll be back sometime in the future to spend more time there.

Venice is a beautiful city, somewhat overrun by tourists, to quote thingstodo-venice.com"La Serenissima, Queen of the Adriatic, captivating city of canals and palaces – or merely a floating rip-off merchant bursting with tourists…If you get caught up in the never-ending flow of visitors tramping the narrow main thoroughfares it can be the epitome of hell…." but the small canals and back streets hide many beautiful squares and the history of this ancient city make it a place that we have always wanted to visit.

We are meant to get a half day to look around after our guests leave on tuesday so I imagine we will be taking a gondola ride, and maybe having a few Bellini's at Harry's bar, 

I'll let you know how it goes later in the week.

After leaving Kotor we have headed north into Croatia and the ancient port of Dubrovnik.

Sorry for the lack of news over the last month or so. We have been very busy chartering and cruising in the western Med. For the last few days we have been in the Montenegran town of Kotor. The scenery here is stunning, mountains rising straight out of the sea. Kotor is located at the end of the southern most fjord in Europe. After here we are heading north through Croatia to Venice.

We spent yesterday at a resort on the coast and then, in the evening, climbed to the Castle of St John which sits on a crag overlooking Kotor. The way up to the castle was a long winding set of steps but the view from the top was more than worth it.

The fjord is lined with peaks up to 1700 metres high and despite te cloudy weather we have had, Kotor is one of the most striking places we have visited for sometime.

Sorry for the lack of news over the last month or so. We have been very busy chartering and cruising in the western

We are still on Charter in the Western Med, in St Tropez at the moment (see right) though we are heading out to Croatia later in the month.