The Culps of the Caribbean

Unsolved Mystery of the Ghost Ship Facts: The sailboat was last tracked to Costa Teguise, Spain on February 26, 2018, per Marinetraffic.com. The deceased captain washed ashore in Portugal in March 2018, per his obituary.  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/09/rob-mitchell-obituary The sailboat is beached on rocks on the coastline of the Caribbean island of Nevis; observed on January 2019 and remains on Nevis today [May 2019]. Distance between Costa Teguise and Nevis is 3,200 miles (as the crow flies). Hurricanes Florence and Helene crossed the Atlantic directly between Spain and Nevis in Aug/Sept 2018. Questions: What event caused the sailboat and the captain to get separated? How many days was the derelict sailboat at sea before it arrived on Nevis? "Katniss" on the rocks on Nevis The captain's obituary at The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/09/rob-mitchell-obituary Marinetraffic.com tracking info f...

At the foot of the Brimstone Hill Fortress on the island of St. Kitts, the St. Kitts Marine Works stands ready to shelter and repair your mighty craft. The tug boat Uranus is currently in drydock for hull repairs.  Interestingly, some of the crew remains living on board.

A Short Visit to the Island of Nevis The drive into the Four Seasons Resort The Lime In the Coconut Boutique at Pinney's Beach Conch Chowder at Golden Rock Restaurant Fountain-side Dining at the Golden Rock Fountain-side Dining at Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock No Worry, Eat Curry!!! The project entails how to keep the monkeys from eating your crops.  Solution seems to be electric fencing. Load up the car ferry from Nevis to St. Kitts The Nevis-made hot sauce.

From Undeveloped to Developing St. Kitts is widely considered undeveloped for the tourist industry.  This is despite that between November 1 and April 30, at least 1 (and up to 5) cruise ships dock here for the day.  Typical cruise ships carry 2500 passengers but it varies between 300 and 4,500 passengers depending on the ship.  A single day can bring bring 10,000 tourists to an island of 40,000.  Cruise ships are here for the day and those passengers that come on shore have about 6 - 8 hrs to get their sight-seeing completed.  "Undeveloped" also means that when a passenger leaves the cruise ship port (mall), there are really no retail businesses set up for visitors.  They are just regular stores that you would find in your town and they really don't carry souvenirs.  The cruise ship port (mall) area is a large collection of jewellery stores and t-shirt shops.  Of the 80 businesses, 65 are jewellery stores and 15 are t-shirt shops.  I am not...

A ruin of a sugar mill and chimney towers high above the eastern coastline of St. Kitts.  This area is called Canada Hills.  Rather hidden from view, the remants of this old (late 1700's) estate of James Davoren is chiefly visible from the coast as it sits so high atop a mountain.  What one discovers along with the ruins are waves of rhino grass, a cool breeze off of the Atlantic Ocean, about half a dozen free-range cattle and SPECTACULAR VIEWS.  It was evident that The perilous two-track, rock-strewn drive up the mountainside rarely sees vehicular traffic. The 1828 map of St. Kitts.  The mill is noted in the center of the map below. Same location below from Google Maps Same view but with my geo tracker map. The Windmill Base. The windmill and the chimney, looking southeast with the Atlantic on the left and Nevis far in the distance. Looking southeast to the peninsular and Nevis beyond it. The Atlantic Ocean coastline ab...

Cockleshell Bay, from high atop Turtle Beach, St. Kitts The Esplanade at the Marriott Resort, St. Kitts The swimming pool at the Marriott Resort has a lot of features, St. Kitts Such as the swim-up bar. Marriott Resort, St. Kitts Nevis in the background and Turtle Beach in the foreground, St. Kitts Nevis, from St. Kitts Regatta Practice in Potato Bay, St. Kitts.  Our house is on the right side. Turtle Beach

Today's adventure to Nevis started rough. It was rainy and the Atlantic waves made the ferry boat roll from side to side.  We were the only paying customers on the ferry.     We had a long list of stops to make.             The "Haunted" Ruins of the Eden-Browne Estate   The Nevis horse racing track is rather rundown, but uniquely sits next to the Atlantic Ocean.  It is overrun with feral donkeys.     I was able to man the betting counter. Sitting in the vacant grand stand eating our picnic lunch, we had a nice view of the island of Montserrat. Lime Kiln on the Ocean   Some black bellied sheep with sugar mill ruins. More feral donkeys.   The ruins of a lime kiln (cement component) sits next to the Atlantic Ocean.   A mailbox painted like a clown fish. The world's la...