We left Tobago last week and motored overnight to Trinidad, a 12 hour crossing. There are six of us living on-board, three brits and three yanks. We spent three days in Trinidad filling the boat with supplies for the next two weeks of sailing north along the windward islands. Our shopping list for the boat involved fourty containers of diesel fuel, fourty drums of water and fourty cases of lager. And some food. It was a 24 hour sail out of Trinidad to our first...

Have spent five fantastic days living aboard the SV Illusion, anchored in Store bay, Tobago. We have been waiting for other crew members to join, so far three have arrived, Jake, Joel and Britney and one English guy, Martin has left. Gina from Nepal is coming on Tuesday and some other guy later on. Let me introduce you to Norman our scouse skipper, kinda cross between an old Wayne Rooney a Paul chuckle and 'hatchet' Harry's henchman (not Vinny j but the other on...

Rice an' peas and crab and dumplings staple diet of the tobago people. very friendly, speak english and drive on the left, just like home. Well, we are way more sunburnt here than you could ever get in UK. Not much to say as not much done, just unwinding from packing away a flat and working six simultaneous jobs (kat had four, i had two) women are better at multi-tasking. May be at sea for the next four weeks so it's all blistering barnacles me ol sea dog! Co...

Hey people This is a one stop shop for anyone and everyone to find out what Team Cooper aka Dan & Kat are doing in the four corners of this world. Congratulations on finding this blog site its not going to change your life but it will bring a little ray of sunshine into your wet English lives! hahaha!!! In the beginning, I had a dream, This is one small, A journey of a, hmmmm.... Anyway, we decided to leave the UK and Go West! Where apparently the sky is b...